Full name Mithun Manhas
Born October 12, 1979, Jammu
Current age 30 years 44 days
Major teams Delhi, Delhi Daredevils
Playing role All-rounder
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-class | 104 | 161 | 21 | 5960 | 205* | 42.57 | 16 | 29 | 87 | 1 | ||||
| List A | 99 | 92 | 27 | 3262 | 125* | 50.18 | 4 | 22 | 40 | 0 | ||||
| Twenty20 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 199 | 30 | 24.87 | 171 | 116.37 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-class | 104 | 2426 | 1210 | 30 | 3/15 | 40.33 | 2.99 | 80.8 | 0 | 0 | |||
| List A | 99 | 851 | 679 | 19 | 3/36 | 3/36 | 35.73 | 4.78 | 44.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Twenty20 | 17 | 2 | 30 | 47 | 3 | 3/33 | 3/33 | 15.66 | 9.40 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class debut | 1997/98 |
| Last First-class | Rajasthan v Delhi at Jaipur, Dec 18-21, 2008 scorecard |
| List A debut | 1997/98 |
| Last List A | East Zone v North Zone at Cuttack, Mar 14, 2009 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut | Delhi v Himachal Pradesh at Delhi, Apr 3, 2007 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 | Delhi Daredevils v Victoria at Delhi, Oct 9, 2009 scorecard |
Mithun Manhas is one of the many middle-order batsmen in Indian domestic cricket who were born in the wrong era: that of Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman and Sourav Ganguly. Throughout his best years, there was never a vacancy at the India level. For Delhi, though, he has been a stabilising presence in the middle since 1998. With the bigger players, Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir, mostly absent on national duty, Manhas has been the captain of the side for most of the new millennium. He was at the helm when Delhi ended their championship drought in 2007-08, although Gambhir led the side in the semi-final and final. He scored 921 runs in that first-class season at 57.56.
Sidharth Monga October 2009
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