All contracted players should make themselves available for their respective states when not playing international cricket.
This was one of the recommendations made by the Board of Control for Cricket in India's technical committee, headed by former captain Sunil Gavaskar, at its meeting at Cricket Centre, in Mumbai, on Wednesday.
"The committee was of the view that the Board should talk to its contracted players and ensure they represent their respective state sides when not playing for India," BCCI secretary N Srinivasan said.
The technical committee also recommended that the BCCI reverts to playing all Ranji Trophy matches on home-and-away basis, as was the case three seasons ago.
Over the last two seasons the knock-out rounds were held at neutral venues, a practice the Gavaskar-led panel wants done away with.
The committee also recommended that the wickets in the stadia be under the supervision of a Pitch and Ground Committee member from the zone concerned.
It also approved the format for assessment of pitches for domestic tournaments and recommended a special committee, comprising Sunil Gavaskar, Chetan Chauhan, Sourav Ganguly and K Srikkanth, to go through the pitch reports of match referees.
The committee is against the participation of foreign players in domestic tournaments from the 2009-10 season. Instead, it wants only three 'guest' players permitted in a state side.
It also feels changing of the ball should be made mandatory after 35 overs in one-day games, and the Power Play rules that are in place for international cricket be applied to the domestic circuit as well.
The committee also expressed concern over the quality of the SG Test balls being used in domestic tournaments.
During the meeting, a Mumbai-based enthusiast made a presentation on a new formula to decide rain-affected limited-overs matches. He was asked to submit a hard copy of the same to the BCCI, one of the members of the committee informed.
