Cricket is back at the Olympics after a 128-year gap in the Los Angeles edition in 2028. Three years remain for the LA28 Olympics, and the biggest question is still there: how does the team qualify for the six-team T20 tournament? ICC has remained silent on this issue so far, and there are several complications related to cricket. At the July 13-17 ICC AGM in Singapore, the governing body will make the call. But there is a strong sense of having a qualifier for the LA28 Olympics cricket. While T20I team positions and T20 World Cup 2028 positions are two possibilities, the ICC is contemplating staging a qualification tournament to decide teams for the main event, according to a Forbes report. LA28 Olympics cricket will be staged July 12-29, 2028, in Pomona, close to Los Angeles. Cricket Qualification for LA28 Olympics Though ICC T20I team rankings would have simplified the qualification dispute, a qualification tournament has been suggested by some at the ICC. The tournament would feature some top associate nations. The T20I ranking-based qualification would have been cost-effective. More significantly, ICC would not have had to re-map the 2023-27 Men's Future Tours Program (FTP). Also Read | England Penalized, Slip to 3rd in WTC After Slow Over Rate A qualification tournament might be challenging, given that T20 leagues occupy nearly half the cricket calendar. IPL which receives a dedicated window in ICC FTP for two months, won't be shifted to another window. The Test summer in England and also in Australia will remain as it is. That leaves little scope for a standalone qualification tournament. Though, the T20 World Cup 2028 may be an Olympics qualifying tournament like the World Championships in athletics and some other sports. Semifinalists receive automatic qualification except for the host country and the top-ranked team.