Cricket’s return to the Olympics after a lengthy break owes much to the growth of the sport and particularly the rising popularity of the T20 format.
IOC president Thomas Bach, responding to a query about cricket’s exclusion from the Games for the previous 125 years, said: “Cricket has evolved very much in recent years. I can’t speak about 50 years before. What I can see is that this great development of cricket and we have been made aware of this not just in India but beyond by our IOC member, Nita Ambani. We have seen the figures developing. We had a discussion with the Organising Committee of Los Angeles, and everything came together.”
“The expectation is that the ICC will provide the best players for the Olympics. This will be monitored carefully ”Karl StossChair, Olympic programme commission
