Cricket will likely be performed on the Asian Video games for the fourth time. India, in males’s and ladies’s classes, received the gold medal on the Hangzhou Asian Video games in 2023. Previous to that, the game was performed in 2010 and 2014 Asian Video games however the matches weren’t granted a global standing.
Cricket has been retained for the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Video games 2026 to be held in Japan from September 19 to October 4. The choice was taken by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) on the forty first assembly of the AINAGOC Board of Administrators on Monday (April 28). On the identical time, Martial Arts was additionally authorized to be included within the Asian Video games subsequent 12 months.
“The most recent improvement within the compilation of the sports activities programme got here on the forty first assembly of the AINAGOC Board of Administrators at Nagoya Metropolis Corridor on Monday, April 28, when cricket and Combined Martial Arts have been each formally authorized,” the OCA mentioned in its assertion.
Cricket will seem on the Video games for the fourth time. It first featured on the Asian Video games 2010 in Guangzhou after which in Incheon 2014. However then the video games weren’t granted a global standing. Nonetheless, when the game returned to the Asian Video games in Hangzhou in 2023, the matches have been deemed T20 internationals.
India received the gold medal within the males’s and ladies’s classes, whereas Bangladesh received the bronze medal in each classes. Afghanistan and Sri Lanka took away silver within the males’s and ladies’s classes, respectively. Aside from them, Pakistan, Nepal, Maldives, Mongolia, Hong Kong, Japan, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia participated throughout the 2 classes.
In the meantime, Aichi prefecture will host all of the cricket matches, however the actual location is just not but finalised. The matches will likely be performed within the T20 format, prefer it was achieved the final time round. In the meantime, cricket’s inclusion on the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028 has additionally garnered curiosity across the sport worldwide.
“The venue for cricket will likely be in Aichi prefecture however the actual location has not been determined. Curiosity will likely be excessive, not solely due to cricket’s reputation in South Asia specifically but additionally as a result of the T20 (20 overs per aspect) format will likely be included within the Los Angeles Olympic Video games in 2028. This will likely be cricket’s first look within the Olympics since 1900 in Paris, the place Nice Britain beat France by 158 runs within the ultimate of the two-team event,” the OCA assertion additional added.