Ayes for Gilly's idea of T20 in 2020 Olympics

MELBOURNE: Former Australian star Adam Gilchrist's idea that "(Twenty20) cricket should bid to become an Olympic sports" has received ayes from the likes of Sourav Ganguly, Steve Waugh and Stephen Fleming who feel it would be a superb vehicle to globalise the game. Gilchrist feels cricket should be included as an Olympic sport if it had to grow and widen its horizons and it was the right time to begin the process for pushing it in the 2020 edition quadrennial extravaganza. Ganguly, the former India skipper, said the move would give a chance to cricketers to become a part of the "worldwide movement". "It will help the players to be part of a worldwide movement. Cricket is an exciting sport and should definitely be part of the Olympics," Ganguly, currently in Sri Lanka for a three-match Test series, was quoted as saying in the... [read full story]                    

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