Paris Olympics 2024 has started, in which China has won the first gold medal in 10 meter air rifle on Saturday. Chinese players have won the medal by defeating the players of Korea. At the same time, Kazakhstan has won the bronze medal in the 10 meter air rifle mixed team event. This time a total of 32 sports are going to be held in the Olympics, which includes many sports including shooting to hockey, but cricket is not included in it, but do you know that there was a time when cricket was also included in the Olympics? Let's know which country won the gold medal in cricket in the Olympics?

Cricket is a game which is very popular in India. Apart from this, cricket is also played a lot in countries like England, Australia, Pakistan, New Zealand and South Africa and now even Nepal and America have joined this game, but despite this, this game has not been included in the Olympics. However, it is believed that cricket will also be included as a game in the next Olympics.

Cricket was held in Olympics 124 years ago

You will be surprised to know that cricket was included in the Olympics only once. It has been 124 years since then. The first Olympics were played in Athens in 1896 and after that the second Olympics were organized in Paris in the year 1900. That is when cricket was included in it for the first time. Although Britain, France, Netherlands and Belgium had agreed to send their cricket teams to the Olympics, but later Netherlands and Belgium got angry because they did not get the hosting of the Olympics and due to this they did not send their cricket team there.

There was a competition between Britain and France

Later, the only and final cricket match was played between Britain and France in the Olympics. This match was played at the cycling stadium Velodrome de Vincennes in Paris, in which Britain won and captured the gold medal. Although this match is considered one-sided, because France did not perform well, but since only two teams participated in this game, France got the silver medal even after losing.

How was the performance of the players?

12 players each from Britain and France participated in Olympic cricket. It was a test match which lasted for two days. Britain batted first and scored a total of 117 runs in the first innings, while the French team could score only 78 runs in response. After that, Britain scored 145 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in the second innings, but the French team collapsed for just 26 runs while playing again. In this way, Britain won the match by 158 runs.

Cricket will be seen in Olympics again in 2028

Cricket will once again be included as a sport in the Olympics. You will be able to see players playing cricket in the Olympics to be held in Los Angeles, USA in 2028. However, in the next Olympics, matches will be played in T20 format and not in Test or ODI format.