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Mithun Manhas (Photo: @MithunManhas connected X)
NEW DELHI: After a agelong time of aggravated treatment successful the Capital connected Saturday, erstwhile Delhi skipper Mithun Manhas has emerged arsenic the front-runner to go the Indian cricket board’s (BCCI) president. The deadline for filing the information ends connected Sunday afternoon, with the elections owed connected Sept 28 astatine the board’s Annual General Meeting (AGM). As per the trends station the amendment of the BCCI constitution successful 2019, specified nominations are usually unopposed. The BCCI has maintained that a cricketer should caput the board.The past 2 presidents were Sourav Ganguly and Roger Binny. Manhas has worked with the J&K Cricket Association (JKCA) arsenic an head implicit the past fewer years. Manhas is the archetypal uncapped subordinate to caput the BCCI. Manhas has 157 first-class matches to his sanction too representing Delhi Daredevils, Pune Warriors and Chennai Super Kings successful the IPL. He was considered 1 of the stalwarts of India’s home cricket. He has antecedently attended BCCI’s AGM from JKCA. TOI has learnt that determination was a lengthy gathering with the powerfulness forces successful Indian cricket wherever each probable office-bearers were summoned. Former India left-arm spinner Raghuram Bhat, who presently heads the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA), is apt to get a station successful the apex council. It is believed that Bhat missed retired connected the station of president arsenic erstwhile president Binny besides hailed from Karnataka.
It volition beryllium absorbing to spot if incumbent vice-president Rajeev Shukla continues successful his post. There are murmurs that Bhat could go the caller vice-president. It is besides understood that Arun Dhumal is apt to proceed arsenic IPL chairman. A last circular of treatment whitethorn hap connected Sunday morning.
