Hoshang Amroliwala (1931–2017) was an Indian first-class cricketer. He played the domestic game in India during the mid-twentieth century, a period when Indian cricket was structured around the Ranji Trophy and other regional tournaments organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
| Name | Hoshang Amroliwala |
|---|---|
| Born | 1931 |
| Died | 2017 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Sport | Cricket |
| Level | First-class / domestic cricket in India |
The surname Amroliwala is associated with the Parsi community of western India, a community that produced some of the earliest Indian cricketers from the late nineteenth century onwards. Parsi clubs in Bombay (now Mumbai) and Gujarat played a foundational role in the development of organised cricket in the subcontinent, and Parsi cricketers continued to feature prominently in domestic tournaments through the era in which Amroliwala was active.
Indian domestic cricket during Amroliwala's playing years revolved chiefly around:
Amroliwala is recorded among the cohort of Indian cricketers documented in standard reference databases of the country's first-class players. His career falls within the generation that bridged the early post-Independence years and the expansion of Indian cricket in the 1960s and 1970s.