Cricket At La 2028 Will Be Six-team T20 Tournament

Cricket's return to nan Olympic Games successful Los Angeles 2028 will beryllium arsenic a six-team T20 tourney for some genders, nan International Olympic Committee has announced.

Participating teams will beryllium capable to section squads of up to 15 players aft nan IOC allocated quotas of 90 athletes per gender for nan event.

The IOC has yet to uncover really teams will suffice for LA 2028, but it is understood organisers are keen to utilise cricket arsenic a measurement to summation India's liking successful nan Olympics.

India are nan existent T20 World Cup holders, were a tie for fans astatine nan 2024 World Cup which nan United States co-hosted and correspond a commercialized opportunity for nan IOC pinch sponsors.

Before she was elected, IOC president Kirsty Coventry met pinch International Cricket Council president Jay Shah successful Dubai astatine nan caller Champions Trophy wherever LA 2028 was discussed.

Cricket's only erstwhile quality astatine nan Olympics was astatine Paris 1900, erstwhile Great Britain won by 158 runs against France successful a one-off final, aft nan Netherlands and Belgium withdrew.

The England and Wales Cricket Board is understood to person held preliminary talks pinch Cricket Scotland astir plans to section a TeamGB side.