Undated, Jan 10 : The MCC World Cricket committee has asked the powerful Indian board to back the bid for the sport’s Olympics inclusion, saying it would greatly benefit the game.
Cricket was last played at the Olympics in the 1900 Paris Games and the governing International Cricket Council (ICC) has said most of its members backed the inclusion of the 20-overs format in Olympic Games.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is open to cricket’s future inclusion provided all top teams compete but the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the game’s richest and most influential board, has been rather reluctant.
After the MCC Committee meetings this week, the panel of former players requested the BCCI to reconsider its stance.
“It’s one of those things that has frustrated me,” committee chairman Mike Gatting told a news conference.
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