International Olympic Day: ICC chairman Jay Shah celebrates cricket’s historic return, urges everyone to join the ‘let’s transfer’ campaign | Cricket News – Times of India

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ICC Chairman Jay Shah and BCCI celebrated International Olympic Day on June 23, commemorating cricket’s return to the Olympics whereas selling the ‘Let’s Move?’ campaign that encourages folks to take steps in the direction of a more healthy life-style by inviting others to take part in bodily actions.The Olympic Day marks the founding of fashionable Olympic Games in 1894 and is widely known globally annually on June 23 to promote sport and bodily exercise.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!“Cricket has always united us, and now, it’s part of the Olympic movement! On this #OlympicDay, let’s celebrate the power of sport to inspire, connect, and uplift. Invite your +1 for a walk, a run, or a game of cricket, and take a step towards a stronger, healthier India. Together, let’s keep moving forward on our journey to bring the Olympic Games home!” Shah shared on social media.The ‘Let’s Move?’ campaign encourages everyone to invite a “+1” to take part in actions like strolling, working, dancing, or skipping, and share their experiences on social media utilizing @Olympics #LetsMove.“Cricket has joined the Olympic movement- a historic leap for our beloved sport! This #OlympicDay, let’s celebrate the power of sports to connect and inspire. Through the #LetsMove campaign, we invite you to pick your +1 and move – whether it’s a walk, a run, or a game of cricket. Together, we can build a healthier, more united India, because when we move together, we move better. Let’s make our dream a reality – Olympics in India!” BCCI posted on social media.Cricket will return to the Olympics at Los Angeles 2028, after its solely earlier look at the Paris Games in 1900. The sport was included following an IOC assembly in Mumbai in October 2023.Cricket joins different new sports activities at LA28 together with baseball/softball, flag soccer, lacrosse, and squash.

Cricket at the LA Olympics will function six groups every in males’s and girls’s competitions. The T20 format has been featured in different multi-sport occasions, together with the Asian Games in 2010, 2014, and 2023 for each males’s and girls’s competitions, and the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games for ladies’s competitors.