Former Singapore cricketer and coach Arjun Menon killed in Malawi

Former national cricketer Arjun Menon (right) conducting a cricket awareness course for journalists in Malawi on May 5, 2021. PHOTO: COURTESY OF ARJUN MENON

Deepanraj Ganesan

UPDATED May 12, 2025, 01:39 AM

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SINGAPORE – As a player and later on a coach, former national cricketer Arjun Menon’s passion for the sport was always evident. The love for the game and an eagerness to spread that affection for cricket took him on a journey spanning four continents.

But it reached a tragic end on May 10 in East African country Malawi, where Menon, 48, has been the operations manager of Cricket Malawi since February 2020.

In a press statement on May 11, Dr Henry Kamata, chief executive officer of Malawi’s National Council of Sports, said Menon was “brutally murdered” at his residence on May 10 and called on law enforcement authorities to ensure those responsible are brought to justice.

When contacted, Singapore Cricket Association (SCA) president Mahmood Gaznavi said he was deeply saddened by the news, adding that “reports emerging from Malawi seem to indicate that his life was taken by very dubious people”.