Mumbai: Former Delhi captain Mithun Manhas was on Sunday elected president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) here.
Manhas, 45, became the 37th president of the Board, as he succeeded Roger Binny, who resigned last month after turning 70.
The former all-rounder, who featured in 157 First-Class, 130 List A and 55 IPL matches between 1997-98 and 2016-17, had emerged as the consensus choice following an informal meeting of the Board’s power brokers in New Delhi earlier this month.
Rajiv Shukla, who was acting as the Acting President, too has reassumed as the vice-president, with Devajit Saikia continuing as the board secretary. There is a second cricketer among the BCCI office bearers, with former Karnataka and India spinner Raghuram Bhat taking over as treasurer. Bhat was the Karnataka State Cricket Association for the 2022-2025 period; his term officially ends on September 30. And Prabhtej Singh Bhatia is the new joint secretary.
Pragyan Ojha and RP Singh, meanwhile, have replaced S Sharath and Subroto Banerjee in the senior national men’s selection panel. The committee is led by Ajit Agarkar, whose term runs till the 2026 T20 World Cup, and also has Ajay Ratra and SS Das. Banerjee’s term was over, and Sharath has been moved to the junior selection panel.
In the senior women’s national selection committee, Amita Sharma has replaced Neetu David as the chairperson. Her team comprises Shyama Dey, Sulakshana Naik, Jaya Sharma, and Sravanthi Naidu.
Manhas, who will turn 46 in October, was part of the sub-committee appointed by the BCCI to run the Jammu & Kashmir Cricket Association. Born in Jammu, Manhas switched from Delhi to Jammu and Kashmir in 2015 before retiring the following year. He has since worked as a coach with various sides, including as batting consultant for the Bangladesh men’s Under-19s as well as IPL sides Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings), Royal Challengers Bengaluru, and Gujarat Titans.
A giant of Indian domestic cricket, Manhas played from 1997-98 to 2016-17 in 157 first-class games, where he scored 9714 runs; 130 List A matches, with 4126 runs; and 91 T20s (1170 runs).
Manhas’ name came up during an informal meeting last Saturday in Delhi attended by former and current BCCI members, including current ICC chairman Jay Shah, Shukla, Saikia, Delhi and Districts Cricket Association president Rohan Jaitley, and former board secretary Niranjan Shah.
