The Journey  of Marathi Manus Amol Kale...

Amol Kale (1976/1977 – 10 June 2024)

He was a cricket administrator and the president of the Mumbai Cricket Association.

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He also served as the former BJP ward president for Abhyankar Nagar, Nagpur.

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Kale was born to Kishor Kale and his family had associations with the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh.

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He attended Saraswati Vidyalaya in Shankar Nagar, Nagpur, where coincidentally, Devendra Fadnavis (the former Chief Minister of Maharashtra) also studied in same

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His grandfather, Malhar Kale, was an MLC and the founder of Nutan Bharat Vidyalay in Abhyankar Nagar Nagpur.

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He was also appointed as a member of the Tiruputi Balaji Devasthan Trust in Andhra Pradesh for three consecutive terms

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Amol Kale died on 10 June 2024 in New York City due to a cardiac arrest, shortly after watching a cricket match between India and Pakistan1

His untimely demise was a loss to the cricket community, and he was known as a close aide of Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis2

May his memory be honored, and his contributions to cricket remembered.

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