The BCCI election is scheduled during its annual general meeting (AGM) at its headquarters on September 28. File
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Mithun Manhas, a stalwart of domestic cricket, is set to be elected unopposed as the president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on September 28.
The BCCI election is scheduled during its annual general meeting (AGM) at its headquarters on September 28. On Saturday, the first of the two-day window for filing nomination papers, top Indian cricket officials met in New Delhi.
The Hindu understands that after consulting some of the top ministers in the government, the BCCI hierarchy zeroed in on Manhas as the consensus candidate.
Manhas, who had a prolonged career as Delhi’s batting mainstay before ending his career with Jammu & Kashmir, is considered to be a trusted ally of the forces that administer BCCI. A classical batter who is among the top names in the list of batters unfortunate to have missed out on a Test cap, Manhas has been preferred over Test cricket stalwarts.
While Manhas, who has been an assistant coach with Gujarat Titans for three seasons, has been nominated to represent J&K in the AGM, Harbhajan Singh and Raghuram Bhatt, the former Test cricketers, will represent Punjab and Karnataka, respectively. Sourav Ganguly, the former India captain and BCCI chief, will also be in attendance after returning as the Bengal state association chief.
Devajit Saikia and Rajeev Shukla are set to continue as the secretary and vice-president, respectively. Bhatt is likely to file his nomination papers on Sunday (September 21, 2025) for the treasurer’s post. Prabhtej Singh Bhatia, who had held the post for almost a year, is likely to be elected unopposed as the joint secretary.
The sixth slot in the BCCI apex council is set to go to Jaydev Shah, the former Saurashtra captain who is the Saurashtra Cricket Association for six years.
Published – September 21, 2025 02:24 am IST
