The 2028 Cricket occurs in the temporary stadium in Pomona

The cricket location at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games has been announced now. Cricket matches will be played in the exhibition center in Pomona, South California. Cricket returns to the Olympic scene after a 128 -year interruption. Confirmation of the inclusion of cricket at the Olympic Games was eagerly awaited by fans and players. The return of sport was officially confirmed by the International Olympic Committee (CIO) on April 9, as well as the quotas of the players and the number of participating teams.

Cricket location for the Olympic Games

Pomona, which is the place of cricket, is about 50 km east of Los Angeles. The Fair Field there, called Fairplex, is a large area of ​​500 acres where the Los Angeles County Fair has been performing since 1922. Pomona has no cricket stadium, there will therefore be a specially designed temporary place, as is the temporary stadium in Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, New York City, during the 2024 T20 World Cup, which was demonstrated Tournament.

Team and player quotas

Male and female T20 tournaments at the Olympic Games will each include six teams. Each sex will have a quota of 90 players, allowing each nation to select a team of up to 15 players. The complete tournament calendar will be announced as the approach of games.

The president of the ICC, Jay Shah, expressed his enthusiasm about the return of cricket to the Olympic Games, saying, “”We congratulate ourselves on the announcement of the cricket location in Los Angeles 2028, because this is an important step towards the preparation of the return of our sport at the Olympic Games. »»

He added, “”Although cricket is an extremely popular sport, it will be a fantastic opportunity to extend the traditional limits when it appears at the Olympic Games in the T20 format which should call on a new audience.“” Shah also thanked La28 and the IOC for their support and showed his commitment to cricket a success at the Games.

New games in the 28

The return of the cricket was confirmed alongside other sports such as baseball / softball, football flag, the butt (six) and the squash. The T20 format has already been included in other multi-sport events, such as Asian Games in 2010, 2014 and 2023, as well as in the Commonwealth 2022 games in Birmingham, which presented a women’s T20 tournament.

With the inclusion of sport at the 2028 Olympic Games, Cricket hopes to capture new audiences and present the excitement of T20 on a world scene.