- Before the Champions Trophy 2025, Team India’s hopes seem to be getting a big setback. In the tournament in which Team India won medals and made the country proud last year, cricket has been included in it this time…
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Team India ‘s hopes seem to be getting a big setback before the Champions Trophy 2025. Cricket is not being included this time in the tournament in which Team India won medals and made the country proud last year.
Giving a big blow to India’s medal hopes, it has been decided to remove cricket from this tournament. This has also been officially announced. Let us tell you which is the tournament from which it has been decided to remove cricket.
Team India’s medal dream shattered
The Indian women’s cricket team won the silver medal in the last Commonwealth Games. But cricket has been removed from its next edition, which is going to be held in Glasgow in the year 2026. This has also been officially announced by the Commonwealth Games Committee.
Let us tell you that along with cricket, sports like Hockey, Badminton, Wrestling, Rugby 7s, Diving, Balls and Para Balls, Weightlifting and Para Powerlifting, 3×3 Basketball and 3×3 Wheelchair Basketball have also been decided to be removed from the next edition.
Team India won the silver medal in the year 2022
In the last edition of the Commonwealth Games held in 2022, India’s women’s cricket team (Team India) won the silver medal. India won 61 medals with 22 gold medals in the year 2022. But this time the exclusion of cricket from the Commonwealth Games has dealt a big blow to Team India’s hopes.
If cricket was not excluded from the Commonwealth Games to be held in Glasgow in 2026, then this time again Team India could have won medals and the players would have got a chance to stand on the podium.
Why was cricket out of the Commonwealth Games?
When asked about the reason for removing cricket from the Commonwealth Games to be held in Glasgow in 2026, it was told that this decision has been taken so that the Commonwealth Games can be organized in a budget friendly manner.
We all know that a full stadium is required to play a game of cricket and during that time no other game can be played on that ground. Due to this, this decision has been taken by the committee to conduct this year’s Commonwealth Games in a budget friendly manner.
