Commonwealth Games 2026 – Cricket in CWG 2026: The organisers of the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Victoria want to add men’s T20 cricket to the schedule. But according to reports in Australian media, IPL & the BCCI has been identified as a big HURDLE to the plans: Follow IPL 2022 LIVE Updates with InsideSport.IN
Why IPL & BCCI will be a big HURDLE? The CWG 2026 will be hosted in the month of March-April This will directly clash with the world’s most lucrative cricket league.
Commonwealth Games 2026: IPL & BCCI BIG Hurdle as Victoria aims to include CRICKET in CWG, Wrestling, Shooting, Archery chucked OUT
Commonwealth Games 2026 – Cricket in CWG 2026: The governing body of sport of cricket ICC is in big favor of inclusion of Cricket in CWG 2026. But the sources believe the scheduling will be challenging as it will clash with the start of the IPL 2026.
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Commonwealth Games 2026: Australia’s Victoria state to host 2026 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games 2026: IPL & BCCI BIG Hurdle as Victoria aims to include CRICKET in CWG, Wrestling, Shooting, Archery chucked OUT
Cricket in CWG 2026: The Australian state has been confirmed as the next host of the Games. Women’s T20 competition has already been included in roster of CWG 2022. Now the Organizers of CWG 2026 to include Men’s T20 in the Games.
Cricket has again been listed as one of the 16 sports on the initial programme for Victoria.
Games organisers plan to hold formals talks with cricket’s world governing body, the ICC, in the next few months with a decision set to be made by the end of the year.
Men’s cricket has not featured at a Commonwealth Games since 1998.
Commonwealth Games 2026: IPL & BCCI BIG Hurdle as Victoria aims to include CRICKET in CWG, Wrestling, Shooting, Archery chucked OUT
CWG 2026: Wrestling, Shooting, Archery Axed
In a blow to India’s medal aspirations in the Commonwealth Games (CWG), the disciplines of shooting, archery and wrestling were on Tuesday axed from the Games programme for the 2026 edition.
Commonwealth Games 2026: The local organising committee has decided to keep 16 sports on the initial list of the Games programme, with further sports to be added later this year.
The list includes aquatics (swimming, para swimming and diving), athletics & para athletics, badminton, boxing, beach volleyball, T20 cricket, cycling, gymnastics, hockey, lawn bowls and para lawn bowls, netball, rugby sevens, squash, table tennis & para table tennis, triathlon & para triathlon and weightlifting, powerlifting.
Shooting, archery and wrestling were dropped from the Games programme, as it’s the prerogative of the host nation to choose disciplines among the 22-strong list of core sports.
Commonwealth Games 2026: IPL & BCCI BIG Hurdle as Victoria aims to include CRICKET in CWG, Wrestling, Shooting, Archery chucked OUT
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