Foreign players to feature in domestic cricket

Andrew Symonds or Kevin Pietersen playing in the Ranji Trophy is now quite a possibility with the BCCI Technical Committee today allowing state associations to add a foreigner in their squads. The Sunil Gavaskar-led committee, which met at Mumbai, decided to allow associations four ``guest`` players from outside the state in their side. One of the four players could be a cricketer from overseas, who has played at least 10 tests and/or 20 ODIs, BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah said in a statement. However, a maximum of three ``guest`` players will be permitted to figure in the playing XI at a given point of time. The last date for the state associations to register the ``guest`` players will be 1st September every year.