I know this is not cricket. But I am so so excited and thrilled that India got its first ever Gold Medal - yes the very first individual Olympics Gold. India has won a few team golds for Field Hockey in the past.
Kudos to Abhinav Bindra for bringing the laurels to India in Air Rifle Shooting.
"We have a responsibility to grow our game in new territories and
amongst the women of the world," Gilchrist wrote. "I believe the
Olympic Games is the vehicle the sport should use to aggressively sell
the message of our sport to all 202 competing Olympic nations, so our
sport is strong and robust in countries where it is currently played,
and exciting and ground-breaking in countries who haven't yet caught
the 'cricket-bug'."
Cricket has been deprived of the Olympics status for over a century now. With 20-20, it is time that IOC recongnizes the game again and gives it a place in Olympics games.
With Beijing games just a week away, it is good time to muster support and lobby for it. I hope to see Cricket being played in 2020 if not earlier.
