Who is Mithun Manhas? Know BCCI’s potential president who was MS Dhoni's former teammate

The former Delhi captain and a member of the Chennai Super Kings (CSK), Mitun Manhas, is set to become he first uncapped player of Indian cricket to head the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). It’s a shock for the fans as the 45-year-old emerged as the front-runner to take over the role of the president with the development emerging after a long and intense meeting.

The final date of the submission for the nominations is September 21, and the selections are slated for September 28. However, for the last five years, the BCCI president has always been selected unopposed. Also, in recent years, the Indian board has been keen on getting a former cricketer at the helm, like the previous processors- Sourav Ganguly and Roger Binny. But Mithun Manhas is ahead in this race. 

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Manhas is the right-handed batter who smashed 9714 runs in 244 innings of first-class cricket at an average of 45.82, thanks to 27 centuries and 49 half-centuries at the best score of unbeaten 205 runs. In 38 innings of the IPL, he clubbed 514 runs at a strike rate of 109.36 with the best score of 42*.

Mithun Manhas- Former Ranji captain in race to become BCCI president

In 122 innings of List-A cricket, Manhas has smashed 4126 runs at an average of 45.84, with the help of five centuries and 26 half-centuries at the best score of 148 runs. In 72 T20 innings, the Jammu-born drilled 1170 runs at an average of 21.66 and a strike rate of 104.55 with one half-century to his name.

Having made his professional debut in the 1997/98 season, Manhas was among the middle-order batters who were born in the wrong era. Due to the dominance of Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman, and Ganguly, Manhas was not able to crack the Indian team with domestic runs.

His most impressive season was in 2007/08 when he ended as he was at the helm as Delhi ended their long championship drought with a Ranji Trophy win. Gambhir led the side in the final and semis, while Manhas smashed 921 runs at 57.56 in the season. In 2015, he switched to Jammu for the Ranji season.