Cricket fans always complain that cricket should also be a part of Olympics. Then it’s time to start rooting for Rome to host the Olympics in 2024. Along with Paris, Los Angeles and Budapest, the Italian capital is among the cities bidding for the 2024 Olympic Games.
“If Rome hosts the Olympics, cricket will be included,” Simone Gambino, president of the Federazione Cricket Italiana (FCI) told ESPNcricinfo. “We have had a firm commitment from the organising committee.
As part of the new Olympic bidding regulations, host cities will get to nominate five sports to be added to the games, based on their preference. Tokyo, for the 2020 games, picked karate, softball, karate, skateboarding, sports climbing, surfing and baseball/softball.
Now, 124 years later, Rome might bring it back to the world stage. And wouldn’t it be something to see the likes of Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane win a medal at the Olympics?
