MOHALI (India), March 10: Former Indian cricket captains Sunil Gavaskar and Kapil Dev have been appointed to a new board which will look at creating fairer selection methods for the national side and improving playing facilities.

The 11-member committee, set up on Friday, will report back within a month, the BCCI said in a statement.

Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar and Saurav Ganguly were among six cricketers who would provide input, it said.

India’s five-man national selection committee, drawn from different areas of the country, have long faced criticism that they tend to back players from their own regions.

Some former players have called for a three-member panel to be created to end any regional bias, but senior board officials have said it would be impossible for them to cover the vast country.—Reuters