Police examined the death of Cricket Malawi Operations Director Arjun Menon

Arjun Menon, Cricket Malawi's Operations Director, died at the age of 48. The police will be examined on Sunday the circumstances of his death in Blantyre, Malawi's finance and commercial capital.

Menon played for Singapore and had coaching functions at various international teams such as Chile, Botswana, Indonesia and Singapore before taking on the role of Malawi in 2020.

“As a cricket Malawi, we are destroyed by this loss because Arjun did so much our transformative agenda,” Vivek Ganesan, the President of Cricket Malawi, told Nation online. “All successes we have so far are attributed to him. This is a very painful loss.”

Dr. Henry Kamata, CEO of the Malawi National Council of Sports, also conveyed his condolences in a explanation. “Arjun was a committed coach and a passionate advocate of the development of Cricket in Malawi,” he said. “His contributions to sports were immense and extensive and played a crucial role in the growth and success of the Malawi Cricket team on regional and international platforms.

“His commitment, his professionalism and his vision were really inspiring, and his loss is a devastating blow for the sporting brotherhood in Malawi and beyond.”

During Menon's tenure, the Malawi men's team was in second place in Group A of the Subregional Africa of the T20 World Championship in Group A. In the meantime, the women's team of the U19 women exceeded Division 2 of the under 19th century under Division 2 of the qualification of the T20 qualator from 2025 under 1925.