FOUR YRS AFTER BECOMING ADMINISTRATOR, J&K’S MANHAS SET TO LEAD BCCI

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- FIROZ MIRZA @ Chennai

IN June 2021, BCCI had formed a three-member subcommittee to run day-to-day affairs of the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association.

Mithun Manhas, former Delhi and J&K cricketer, was included in the panel as a member of cricket operations and development. Having moved to the national capital after playing age group cricket for the Valley, Manhas had by then led Delhi and returned to J&K in 2015 playing his last few domestic matches before retiring the next season.

Manhas, who played 157 First-Class, 130 List A and 55 IPL matches in a long domestic career from 1997-98 to 201617, ventured into coaching post retirement working as a batting consultant for Bangladesh U19 men's team and IPL teams from Punjab, Bengaluru and Gujarat. But his role as an administrator which began four years ago seemed to be his calling with J&K making rapid strides at the domestic circuit. Come Sunday, 45-year-old Manhas in all likelihood will take up his biggest role as an administrator when he assumes the post of the BCCI president replacing former India cricketer Roger Binny.