The ICC chairman, Jay Shah met the International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach on January 30.
Shah who recently took over as the head of the ICC, has been meeting with Olympic Committee members. The ICC posted images from the meeting of the two heads and shared them on Social media on Tuesday.
Shah recently met Cindy Hook, CEO of the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games Organising Committee during the Border Gavaskar Trophy as well.
Shah’s recent visit comes after cricket’s return to the Olympics after a hiatus of 128 years.
Cricket will be returning to summer olympics of 2028 set to be hosted by LA. According to reports coming out of the US, the matches could be played on the East Coast which recently hosted the T20 World Cup 2024.
Momentum continues to build around cricket’s inclusion as an @Olympics sport at the @LA2028 Games and beyond, with @JayShah meeting International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach in Lausanne, Switzerland this week. pic.twitter.com/hiySGMGNPg
— ICC (@ICC) January 21, 2025
“This is an exciting time for the sport as we prepare for the LA28 Olympic Games and work to make cricket more inclusive and engaging for fans worldwide.
Cricket holds immense potential globally, and I look forward to collaborating with the ICC team and Member countries to seize these opportunities and elevate the sport to new heights,” Shah said in a statement.
The upcoming international multi-sport is scheduled to take place from July 14 to 30 in Los Angeles, California. On this occasion, the ICC has confirmed that Cricket set to return for Olympics.
The sport is said to be played only once in the Olympics in 1900 in Paris. The Olympic berth represents the achievement of the ICC which has been working for the game to be included in the Olympics for the past few years.
In other news, there was an anticipation that the final schedule for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 would be announced after Jay Shah took charge of the ICC. However, with just over two months left until the competition, uncertainity still surrounds the event.
