Jagadeesh Arunkumar (born 18 January 1975) is an Indian

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coach and former player. He served as head coach of the

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from 2020 to 2022. He played for

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from 1993 to 2008 as a right-handed

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and also played one

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(IPL) season for

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Playing career

He played in more than 100 first-class games, scoring 7,208 runs including 20 centuries. He had previously represented India on Under 19 tours of South Africa and England. He also played for the

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in the

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Coaching career

Arunkumar was appointed as batting coach of the Karnataka State Ranji Trophy team on 24 July 2012 where Karnataka had won back-to-back winning the Ranji Trophy, the Irani Cup and the Vijay Hazare Trophy in 2013-14 and 2014–15. Arunkumar was named Kings XI Punjab's batting coach for the 2017 IPL season. He was appointed head coach of Puducherry cricket team for

2019–20 Ranji Trophy The 2019–20 Ranji Trophy was the 86th season of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first-class cricket tournament in India. It took place between December 2019 and March 2020. Chandigarh competed in the Ranji Trophy for the first time. Vidarbha wer ...

but left midway through the season due to disagreement Cricket Association of Pondicherry officials over his health. In April 2020, Arunkumar was appointed as the head coach of

replacing interim coach James Pamment after

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chose not to renew contracts of their support staff. His tenure ended in December 2022 just prior to the end of his three-year contract.

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* 1975 births Living people Indian cricketers Karnataka cricketers Royal Challengers Bengaluru cricketers 21st-century Indian sportsmen South Zone cricketers Assam cricketers Goa cricketers Indian cricket coaches East Zone cricketers Cricketers from Bengaluru Coaches of the United States national cricket team {{India-cricket-bio-1970s-stub