All-time greats Shane Warne and Sachin Tendulkar have called for Twenty20 cricket to become an Olympic sport.
Cricket has not featured since 1900 but the sport’s governing body is meeting the International Olympic Committee next month to discuss a possible bid.
“I’d love to see it as an Olympic sport and, who knows, down the track it might be,” Warne told BBC Stumped. “I think it’s a great idea and I reckon T20 is the best format for it,” added Tendulkar on the World Service show. Former Australia leg-spinner Warne and ex-Indian batsman Tendulkar are captaining rival teams in a series of three Twenty20 All Star matches in the USA in November as they seek to use their fame to help globalise the game.
Cricket has not featured since 1900 but the sport’s governing body is meeting the International Olympic Committee next month to discuss a possible bid.
“I’d love to see it as an Olympic sport and, who knows, down the track it might be,” Warne told BBC Stumped. “I think it’s a great idea and I reckon T20 is the best format for it,” added Tendulkar on the World Service show. Former Australia leg-spinner Warne and ex-Indian batsman Tendulkar are captaining rival teams in a series of three Twenty20 All Star matches in the USA in November as they seek to use their fame to help globalise the game.
