Former Delhi captain Mithun Manhas has been elected as the new BCCI president on Sunday (September 28, 2025). Manhas was elected unanimously on the BCCI annual common assembly held in Mumbai.
Manhas has change into the thirty seventh president of the Board, as he succeeded Roger Binny who resigned final 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 selection following a casual assembly of the Board’s energy brokers in New Delhi earlier this month.
Manhas has a formidable tally of 9,714 firstclass runs with 27 centuries to go along with 4126 runs in List A matches.
The AGM confirmed just a few different key appointments. BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia and IPL Governing Council chairman Arun Dhumal retained their posts, whereas Karnataka State Cricket Association chief and former India cricketer Raghuram Bhat was elected treasurer.
Prabhtej Bhatia moved from treasurer to joint secretary, changing Rohan Gauns Desai, and Saurashtra Cricket Association President Jaydev Shah made an Apex Council member rather than Dilip Vengsarkar.
Amita Sharma was named chairperson of the women’s selection panel, changing Neetu David. The former India quick bowler, who performed 116 ODIs, will likely be joined by Shyama Dey, Jaya Sharma and Sravanthi Naidu. Their tenure will start after the women’s World Cup being held in India and Sri Lanka from September 30 to November 2.
Former India internationals R.P. Singh and Pragyan Ojha have been inducted into the boys’s selection panel, whereas former Tamil Nadu batter S Sharath returned to the junior selection committee.
Welcoming Manhas’ election, former India spinner Harbhajan Singh, attending the AGM as Punjab Cricket Association’s consultant, mentioned a cricketer on the helm of affairs of the Board was a constructive step.
“When a cricketer heads a cricket body, his experience and other qualities help. It’s a good decision and it’s been happening for the last three terms which is a great thing for the cricketers as well for him to give something back to the game,” he mentioned.
“The BCCI has started this and there cannot be anything greater for any cricketer that he can also give something back. I’ve played a lot of cricket with Mithun since U19 days and I am very happy for him.” Harbhajan additionally expressed hope that Manhas would deal with strengthening infrastructure throughout the nation.
“I hope that those things which he (perhaps) didn’t get in terms of facilities as a cricketer or could not get to that point (in career), from whatever he has learnt so far in his life, he does such a job that no young cricketer is left behind due to lack of infrastructure,” he mentioned.
“A lot of development is taking place across the country if we talk about it. New grounds are coming up in new places and cricket is going to smaller venues. The credit goes to the BCCI and I hope Mithun will carry forward the same legacy and does a great job.” Harbhajan additionally urged the BCCI to contribute in the direction of aid work in flood-hit Punjab and different north Indian states.
(With inputs from PTI)
