Overview

• Ajinkya Rahane said players should not fear selectors and argued panels should feature cricketers who retired roughly five to eight years ago to reflect modern formats.
• Cheteshwar Pujara supported the idea in principle yet cautioned it could deny opportunities to accomplished former players who retired longer ago.
• Current BCCI regulations generally require a five-year cooling-off period after retirement for state selectors, with stricter eligibility for the national committee.
• The discussion has intensified after the panel replaced Rohit Sharma with Shubman Gill as ODI captain and left out Mohammed Shami for the Australia white-ball tour.
• Pragyan Ojha was recently appointed to the national panel, but no formal changes to eligibility rules or committee structure have been announced.