La Olympics 2028: Cricket to have six-team format for both men, women

New -delhi [India]April 10 (Ani): Cricket at the LA 2028 Olympics will each contain six teams in the men’s and women’s tournaments, this was confirmed on Wednesday. The sport, absent from the Olympics for more than a century, last appeared in Paris 1900, where a one-time two-day match between Great Britain and France was held-and now recognized as an unofficial test. On La 2028, cricket is played in the fast T20 format, with six teams competing in men’s and women’s tournaments. A total of 90 athlete quotas are assigned for each generation, allowing each team to call a group of 15 members according to Olympic.com. The International Cricket Board (ICC) consists of 12 ‘Full Members’ -Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, the Western Indian Islands and Zimbabwe. Another 94 countries represent ‘fellow members’. India (men) and New Zealand (women) are the current T20 world champions. The event program and athlete quotas for LA 2028 were approved on Wednesday by the Executive Council (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Cricket is one of the five new sports that appear at the upcoming Olympics. Two years ago, the IOC approved the inclusion of cricket for LA28, along with baseball/softball, flag football, lacrosse (sixes) and pumpkin. The cricket rooms for LA 2028 have yet to be confirmed. The schedule will be finalized closer to the games. Cricket’s inclusion in LA28 follows a growing trend of the sport that appears at different multisport events. A men’s cricket tournament was held during the Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur in 1998, while the women’s match made his CWG debut on Birmingham 2022. Both men’s and women’s cricket tournaments played in the popular T20 format, were part of the Asian Games, 2014 and eight teams, participated in the Birmingham team 2022 while they were on the Hangzhou, with the 1522 teams while they were on the Hangzhou, with the Hangzhou team, the 1422 team, while they were hanging, With the Hangzhou team, with the Hangzhou team, while they were on the Hangzhou. competed in the men’s meeting while nine played the women’s competition. (Ani) first published: 10 Apr 2025, 02:17 PM IST