Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has announced that former India bowling coach Bharat Arun will conduct an intensive 14-day training program starting June 2, 2025. This high-performance initiative will focus on developing skills across Sri Lanka’s men’s and women’s cricket teams — including national, A, and U-19 squads — as well as coaches at all levels.
A Comprehensive Cricketing Workshop Across Levels
According to SLC, Bharat Arun’s sessions will benefit a wide array of stakeholders, from national team players to grassroots-level coaches. The program will kick off with focused training for the Sri Lanka U-19 men’s team and gradually expand to include strategy sessions with both red-ball and white-ball teams, fast bowling drills, technical refinements, and match-scenario analysis.
“𝑼𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔, 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒂𝒎𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒅𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒔 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒉𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒛𝒆. 𝑰𝒕’𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒂𝒎𝒆,”
Arun was quoted as saying by SLC.
Apart from on-field training, Arun will also conduct video analysis workshops, helping players and coaches improve their tactical awareness through detailed performance reviews. Special sessions will be held with Sri Lanka’s women’s national and A teams, as well as coach educators affiliated with SLC’s High Performance Centre.
Bharat Arun, who served as India’s bowling coach from 2014 to 2021 and played a key role in shaping India’s world-class pace attack, was also part of Kolkata Knight Riders’ support staff in the IPL. His appointment makes him the second high-profile Indian coach, after R Sridhar, to lend his expertise to Sri Lankan cricket.
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