India, Sept. 21 -- Former Delhi captain Mithun Manhas is all set to become the next president of the Board of Control for Cricket India after he filed his nomination for the post at the board's headquarters at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday.

Manhas' was the solitary name in the fray for the president's post. The 45-year-old's name came to the fore after an informal meeting held in New Delhi as the Indian board was keen to have a former cricketer at the helm, like predecessors Sourav Ganguly and Roger Binny.

Manhas has not played international cricket but is a giant in domestic cricket with 9714 runs in 157 first-class games in a career spanning from 1997-98 to 2016-17. In 130 List A matches, he scored 4126 runs and in 91 T20s, 1170 runs...