Cricketers are used to getting dropped from the team and making a comeback by riding on their strong performances. For a cricket administrator though it’s an unusual thing. However, Mumbai Cricket Association’s (MCA) newly elected secretary Dr Unmesh Khanvilkar has done just this by making a comeback to the MCA fold after six long years.

On Wednesday, Khanvilkar, who was MCA’s secretary from 2015 to 2019, beat the association’s former joint secretary Shahalam Shaikh by 98 votes to return to the secretary’s post. Khanvilkar says he took inspiration from India’s 2024 T20 World Cup and 2025 Champions Trophy-winning captain Rohit Sharma.