Cricket's Olympic fate to be decided on September 8

Exactly one month from Tuesday (September 5), the World Cup will kick off. The International Cricket Council (ICC) in Dubai may be excused if temporarily it shifted its focus away from the tumultuous build-up to this pinnacle event in India. At the moment, its attention may well be directed towards an event five years from now-the 2028 Olympics, according to Cricbuzz.
In just three days, on September 08 (Friday), to be precise, the executive board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will make a crucial decision regarding cricket's inclusion in the Los Angeles Games. ICC members interviewed by the online sports portal exude nervous optimism. "Fingers crossed," one ICC member shared on Monday. "If all goes well, we should know by the end of the week."
A boost for the ICC, which has been actively pushing for cricket's inclusion in the Olympics for the past two years, comes from a recent comment by IOC president Thomas Bach. "I'm really a fan of cricket, I was even playing once. I was doing one in Fiji. We were walking across a sports field. There were women playing cricket in Fiji. And then my spokesperson who is an ardent fan of cricket, came and said, 'now you have to play'. So we went to this women's cricket team. And they allowed me to play with them for some moments," the IOC boss told India's CNBC TV recently.