Jagadeesh Arunkumar (born 18 January 1975), in

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, is an Indian

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er & Cricket Coach who played for

. He was a right-handed opening batsman. He currently serves as the coach of the USA National Cricket Team.

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

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's batting coach for the 2017 IPL season. He was appointed head coach of Puducherry cricket team for 2019-20 Ranji Trophy but left midway through the season due to disagreement

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officials over his health. In April 2020, Arunkumar was appointed as the head coach of

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replacing interim coach James Pamment after

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chose not to renew contracts of their support staff.

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