Mithun Manhas, a stalwart of home cricket, is set to be elected unopposed because the president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on September 28.
The BCCI election is scheduled throughout its annual basic assembly (AGM) at its headquarters on September 28. On Saturday, the primary of the two-day window for submitting nomination papers, high Indian cricket officers met in New Delhi.
The Hindu understands that after consulting a few of the high ministers within the authorities, the BCCI hierarchy zeroed in on Manhas because the consensus candidate.
Manhas, who had a chronic profession as Delhiâs batting mainstay earlier than ending his profession with Jammu & Kashmir, is taken into account to be a trusted ally of the forces that administer BCCI. A classical batter who’s among the many high names within the checklist of batters unlucky to have missed out on a Test cap, Manhas has been most well-liked over Test cricket stalwarts.
While Manhas, who has been an assistant coach with Gujarat Titans for 3 seasons, has been nominated to symbolize J&Okay within the AGM, Harbhajan Singh and Raghuram Bhatt, the previous Test cricketers, will symbolize Punjab and Karnataka, respectively. Sourav Ganguly, the previous India captain and BCCI chief, can even be in attendance after returning because the Bengal state affiliation chief.
Devajit Saikia and Rajeev Shukla are set to proceed because the secretary and vice-president, respectively. Bhatt is probably going to file his nomination papers on Sunday (September 21, 2025) for the treasurerâs put up. Prabhtej Singh Bhatia, who had held the put up for nearly a yr, is probably going to be elected unopposed because the joint secretary.
The sixth slot within the BCCI apex council is set to go to Jaydev Shah, the previous Saurashtra captain who’s the Saurashtra Cricket Association for six years.
