ICC banking on T20 for cricket’s inclusion in Olympics

Dubai, 14/7: International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Geoff Allardice on Friday said that they are pushing for the T20 format’s inclusion at the 2028 Los Angeles OlympicsThe ICC is seeking cricket’s entry at the LA Games and its fate would be decided in a couple of months’ time, he stated.

 

“The Olympics want to stage a format that has its World Championship. Given that, we will be proposing the shortest format for Olympic inclusion — that would be T20 cricket,” said the ICC CEO in a media round table on the sidelines of the Board meeting here.

 

Thursday marked the launch of the much-anticipated Major League Cricket in the USA with six franchise including four owners from the IPL.

 

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