Great Britain won the gold medal in Paris Olympics 1900 (Photo-Gettyimages)
Cricket has been included in the Olympics after a long time of 128 years. Olympics are going to be held in Los Angeles in 2028 and its schedule has also been announced. This event will have women as well as women’s cricket matches. 6-6 teams will participate in both categories and 2-2 matches will be played daily. All cricket fans are also very happy with this. However, do you know that there is only one team to win medals in cricket in Olympics so far? This feat was done by Great Britain in 1900.
Great Britain won the gold medal
The Paris Olympics were to have a cricket match between Great Britain, France, Belgium and Netherlands in 1900. However, Belgium and Netherlands team withdrew their names from participating in this tournament. In such a situation, the match was played between Great Britain and France. This match was completely one -sided. Batting first, Great Britain scored 117 runs in their first innings, in response to which the French cricket team was piled on for 78 runs in their first innings.
After this, the second innings was declared by Great Britain for 5 wickets for 145 runs. The French team failed to bat strongly even in the second innings and was all out for 36 runs. The match was won by Great Britain by 158 runs. In this match, if the French team had been 5 minutes more, then this match could have been a draw. Great Britain won the gold medal while France won the silver medal. Since then, the cricket game was not included in the Olympics, but now it is returning to the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics.
Will Team India take part in the Olympics?
The Indian cricket team can also participate in the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics. Apart from this, big teams like Australia, South Africa and England are also expected to join the Olympics. At present, it has not been told about which teams will participate in men and women cricket, but it will also be announced soon.
