Cricket excluded from 2026 Commonwealth Games
Cricket is absent from the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow due to financial and logistical reasons after Glasgow replaced Victoria as host.
Cricket debuted at the Commonwealth Games in 1998 as a men's ODI event with 16 teams, and returned as a women's T20 tournament at Birmingham 2022.
Australia won gold in women's cricket at Birmingham 2022, with India earning silver and New Zealand bronze.
Nine sports from Birmingham 2022—including cricket, hockey, badminton, and wrestling—were dropped for Glasgow 2026, reducing the program from 19 to 10 sports.
India's medal prospects are significantly affected as many of its strongest events, including cricket, hockey, and badminton, are no longer part of the Games.
Story angle
Center
Near the middle: closer to straight reporting, less party-line spin.
About how the story is framed, not whether the facts are true.
Times of India
Center-right
Mixed factuality
Who owns this?
Times Group
Bennett, Coleman & Co. (Sahu Jain family)
India's largest newspaper group by circulation.
Wikipedia: Sahu Jain family