10 Cricketers Who Became BCCI Presidents: Mithun Manhas Joins Anurag Thakur, Sourav Ganguly & More

10 Cricketers Who Became BCCI Presidents: International stars, administrators, leaders and prolific domestic players have also made a mark in Indian cricket. S. Digvijaysinhji represented the Western India briefly in the 1937 38 season. Anthony de Mello, who was remembered as one of the founding fathers of Indian cricket, featured in 11 first-class matches and took 17 wickets, his best being 6/66.

Another leader whose contribution was immense was Maharaj Kumar of Vizianagaram, the legendary Test captain of India, having scored in excess of 1,200 first-class runs. Fatehsinhji Gaekwad was a five half-centuries impressor to Baroda and Ramprakash Mehra a good run getter with three hundreds and a maiden high of 209.

Later administrative giant Rajasingh Dungarpur had an active career with Rajasthan, and he had 206 wickets in 86 matches. Ex-players such as Anurag Thakur briefly appeared on the field on behalf of Himachal Pradesh before switching to cricket administration and Sourav Ganguly and Roger Binny switched celebrated international careers to powerful administrative positions. Mithun Manhas on the other hand is one of the most prolific domestic run-scorers in India with more than 9,700 first-class runs.

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S. Digvijaysinhji (193738) - Digvijaysinhji appeared in a single first-class game playing on the Western India side where he got 6 runs in two innings with a batting average of 3.00. Through his short professional life, he never bowled or received any catches.

Anthony de Mello (19461951) - Anthony de Mello was the representative of the Rest and Delhi overall in the Bombay Tournament, featuring in 11 first class games. He had 82 runs with 5.12 averages and 17 wickets with the highest bowling being 6/66.

Maharaj Kumar of Vizianagaram (195456)- Known as Vizzy, he represented India in 3 Tests and 47 first-class matches. He had modest returns in his Test, his 33 runs with an average of 8.25.

He accumulated 1,228 runs and four wickets in the first-class game including five fifties.

Fatehsinhji Gaekwad (19631966) - Gaekwad made 28 first class appearances in total and scored 831 runs with five fifties and a highest score of 99. He rarely bowled, and only claimed one wicket.

Ramprakash Mehra (19751977) -Mehra represented a variety of teams, such as Delhi and Eastern Punjab, with 34 first-class games. His average of 31.50 in 1,607 runs (three centuries and eight fifties) and a top score of 209 not out gave him a record of 3700.

Rajsingh Dungarpur (19961999)- Dungarpur played 86 first-class matches, which was a long international career with Madhya Bharat and Rajasthan. He accumulated 1,292 runs and 206 wickets with a career highest of 788 and five four mat and one ten-match hauls.

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Anurag Thakur (2016–17) - Thakur took part in one first-class match with Himachal Pradesh in which he was not scoring but took two wickets with his figures of 2/49 in nine overs.

Sourav Ganguly (20192022) - Ganguly is among the India greats when it comes to cricket, with 254 first-class matches under his belt, a total of 15,687 runs at an average of 44.18 with 33 centuries. He had 15, 622 runs in 437 List A games at 41. 32. In List A cricket, he also took 167 first-class wickets and 171.

Roger Binny (20222025) - Binny had 136 first-class matches, which yielded 6,579 runs at an average of 34.08 and 14 centuries with 205 wickets with a best of 8/22. He had 1,038 runs and 122 wickets in List A cricket.

Mithun Manhas had a prolific career as a domestic batter with a total of 157 first-class matches and 9,714 run with 27 centuries and an average of 45.82. He had made 4126 runs in List A cricket with an average of 45.84. He also batted with the ball in which he took 40 wickets in first-class and 25 in List A cricket.

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