Cricket will return to the Olympic Video games after a 128-year absence, and the venue has been formally introduced.
The Fairgrounds in Pomona, Southern California, has been confirmed because the cricket venue for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics.
The joy round cricket’s Olympic revival has grown since its inclusion was confirmed, and the IOC Govt Board just lately finalized key particulars, together with participant quotas and the variety of groups.
Each the lads’s and ladies’s T20 competitions will characteristic 6 groups every, with a 90-player quota every for female and male. Squads of as much as 15 gamers per nation shall be allowed. Nonetheless, the complete schedule shall be introduced nearer to the Video games.
ICC Chair Jay Shah praised the milestone for the worldwide sport and stated, “We welcome the announcement of the venue for cricket at LA28, because it marks a serious step in our preparations for the game’s Olympic return. Cricket’s inclusion is a incredible alternative to succeed in new audiences by way of the fast-paced T20 format.”
Cricket’s Olympic return was confirmed in October 2023, together with different new sports activities comparable to baseball/softball, flag soccer, lacrosse (sixes), and squash.
The T20 format has appeared in multi-sport occasions, together with the Asian Video games (2010, 2014, 2023) and the 2022 Commonwealth Video games (girls’s T20).
