MUMBAI: Cricket’s inclusion into the Olympic fold for the Los Angeles 2028 seemed like a natural progression after the sport became part of the CWG and Asian Games and considering its global reach and popularity.
Cricket’s return to the Summer Games after an absence of more than a century has thrilled International Cricket Council’s (ICC) chief executive officer Greg Barclay, who said a part of his team’s motivation was to use the world’s biggest sporting stage to help further grow their sport.