The International Cricket Council (ICC) is planning to launch a 3 million USD bid for the inclusion of the sport in the Olympics according to an ESPNCricinfo report.
Cricket wasn’t included in the list of 28 probable sports for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics Programme by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
"It took time to get the ball rolling," an official revealed to ESPNcricinfo. "There hasn't been enough work done yet. There have been too many sideshows within the ICC.”
Last year, the then ICC acting chairman Imran Khwaja had formed a committee which included independent director Indra Nooyi, then-ECB chair Ian Watmore, Tavengwa Mukuhlani (Zimbabwe) and Scotland's Tony Brian who at the time was an Associate director to give a detailed analysis of the sport’s inclusion at the Olympics.
But the committee couldn’t meet as Khwaja lost the election of the chairperson to Greg Barclay. The focus was then shifted to ouster of ICC chief executive Manu Sawhney and ICC finally announced the bid in early August.