Mumbai, Sept. 28 -- Former India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh extended his best wishes and hopes that his former teammate and the newly appointed Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President, Mithun Manhas, will carry forward the legacy during his tenure.

The former Delhi captain was elected as the 37th BCCI President at the 94th Annual General Meeting of the board on Sunday. Manhas was the only person in the BCCI presidency picture, which was left vacant after his predecessor, Roger Binny, stepped down in August. After Binny's departure, Vice President Rajeev Shukla assumed the mantle in an interim capacity.

Harbhajan, delighted about the BCCI continuing its pattern of appointing former cricketers to serve as the board's presi...