Olympics 2028: The Mahakumbh Olympics of the Games were held in Paris last year. The next event of this tournament will be held in Los Angeles in 2028 in the US hosted after 4 years. Cricket is going to return to this year's sports. It has now been officially confirmed. This time how many teams will participate in the Olympics, it has also been confirmed. So let us give you detailed information about this.

Cricket return in Olympics 2028 after 128 years

Cricket has been included in the 2028 Olympic Games to be held in Los Angeles. The decision was taken in the 141st IOC session held in Mumbai. The inclusion of cricket in the Olympics after a gap of 128 years can prove to be a big change in the sports world. The tournament will be in the Twenty20 format and 6-6 teams of men and women will participate in it. Now let's know what these 6 teams will be.

🚨 Official Confirmation by ioa 🚨

Cricket at La2028 will have 6 Team Tournament for Men's & Women's Each! pic.twitter.com/oriafqooxv

- The Khel India (@Thekhelindia) April 9, 2025

ICC rankings top 6 teams will qualify for Olympics 2028

In the Twenty20 rankings of the International Cricket Council, the top six teams will get a chance to play in Olympics 2028. If we talk about Team India, then cricket superstars Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, who have a lot of craze worldwide. Both of them will not be seen in the Mahakumbh of this game. This is because both of them have retired from international T20 cricket and hence they will not be able to witness this historic moment.

Olympics approved 5 new games including cricket in 2028

For information, let us know that the program of 2028 Los Angeles Olympics was approved by the Executive Board of IOC on Wednesday 9 April. There will be a total of 351 medal events in 2028 games, which are 22 more than the Paris Olympics. The IOC announced that the core athlete quota will remain at 10,500, as well as 698 additional athletes will be allocated in five new sports.

Team India recently performed well in sports

Talking about cricket, it is notable (Olympics 2028) that cricket has recently returned to major multi-game events. Women's cricket was first included at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, in which Australia won gold and India won silver. At the 2023 Asian Games held in Hangzo, 14 men's teams and 9 women teams participated, in which India won the gold medal in both categories.