Who is mithun manhas: Former Delhi captain Mithun Manhas is going to become India’s first uncapged cricketer to lead the President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Manhas, 45, became the strongest contender in nomination for the post after a long meeting of BCCI in Delhi on Saturday. The last date for nomination is Sunday and elections will be held on 28 September. The BCCI president has always been elected unopposed in the last five years. In recent years, the Indian Cricket Board has insisted on bringing former players to top positions, such as Sourav Ganguly and Roger Binny.
Who is Gemini Manhas?
Manhas started her professional cricket career in the 1997/98 season. He was one of the middle-order batsmen who could not make it to the team during the era of veterans like Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman and Sourav Ganguly. However, he became a prominent player and inspiration in domestic cricket. He took the captaincy of Delhi when Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir were absent in the national team. Virat Kohli also played under his captaincy in his early domestic days.
Manhas’s most impressive season was 2007/08, when he won Delhi the Ranji Trophy and made the team champion after a long time. He scored 921 runs at an average of 57.56 in that season. In 2015, he started playing Ranji Trophy for Jammu and Kashmir, which was home to return for him as he was born there.
Overall, Manhas played 157 first class matches, scored 9714 runs, scored 27 centuries at an average of over 45. In the Ranji Trophy, he scored 8554 runs in 206 innings, which is at number seven in history. He also played 130 List A and 91 T20 matches.
In the IPL, Manhas played for Delhi Daredevils, now Pune Warriors and Chennai Super Kings. He scored 514 runs in 55 matches at an average of 22.34 in seven seasons. In 2017, he became an assistant coach of Punjab, then Bangladesh under-19 team’s batting advisor and later RCB and Assistant Coach of Gujarat Titans. Manhas also has administrative experience, he has also worked as the Cricket Directorate of Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association.