Former Delhi captain Mithun Manhas filed his nomination for the BCCI president's post in Mumbai on Sunday.

The 45-year-old is understood to have emerged as the frontrunner for the post left vacant by Roger Binny last month.

Manhas played 157 first-class matches and also featured in 55 IPL matches in a career that spanned two decades, between 1997 and 2017.

The board's annual general meeting will take place at the headquarters in Mumbai next Sunday.

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BCCI Vice President Rajeev Shukla told media persons that a news body was being made for the next term.

"Mithun Manhas is a former player, and it was decided to make him the president," Shukla said. "Arun Dhumal is the chairman of the IPL governing council, and he will continue in that position."

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BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia, Karnataka State Cricket Association president Raghuram Bhat and Dhumal filed their nomination papers on Sunday.

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