Mithun Manhas elected as new BCCI president, Union Minister Jitendra Singh confirms

Former Delhi captain Mithun Manhas has been elected as the new BCCI President. The development was confirmed by Union Minister Jitendra Singh on his X account on Sunday. filed his nomination for the post of BCCI president at the Board's headquarters here ahead of the deadline later this afternoon.

"A momentous occasion to celebrate! Mithun Manhas has been officially declared as the new President of the ‘Board of Control for Cricket in India’ #BCCI" - he wrote on X.

Manhas, who played 157 First-Class, 130 List A and 91 T20 matches in a long domestic career from 1997-98 to 2016-17, had emerged as a front runner to take over the role left vacant by the exit of Roger Binny last month. He had filed his nomination for the post at the BCCI headquarters in Mumbai last Sunday, which was the final date for doing the same.

The 45-year-old Manhas' name came to the fore after an informal meeting held in New Delhi, during which it was decided to push his name forward for the role of BCCI president. "A new body is being made for the next term. Mithun Manhas is a former player and it was decided to make him the president. Arun Dhumal is the chairman of the IPL governing council and he will continue in that position," BCCI vice president Rajeev Shukla told the media last week.

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