Los Angeles: Cricket will officially return to the Olympic Games-2028 at Los Angeles and the dates have been officially revealed.

Following the announcement of the confirmed number of teams and the venue for LA-28 back in April, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that the T20 competitions for men’s and women’s categories at LA-28 will run from July 12 – 29, 2028.

The medal matches will be held on July 20 for women’s and July 29 for men’s respectively. The announcement marks another landmark moment for the sport, which will be making its second-ever Olympic appearance 128 years after its debut in Paris 1900, when Great Britain claimed gold in a one-off match against France.

Six teams per gender will compete for medals, with 90 athlete quotas allotted for each tournament, allowing nations to name 15-member squads. All matches will be played at the Pomona Fairplex, about 50 km from downtown Los Angeles. The format includes double-headers on most matchdays, with fixtures beginning at 9 am and 6.30 pm local time.

The return of cricket to the Olympics signals another major step forward in the sport’s global expansion, and to celebrate the game on one of the world’s biggest sporting stages.

The mode of qualification for the LA-28 Olympic Games is yet to be confirmed, but will likely be discussed during the ICC’s Annual Conference in Singapore starting on July 17.