Anurag Thakur made a huge claim on India’s chances of hosting the Olympics in 2036. The central minister claimed that India deserves to get an opportunity from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to host the biggest sporting event in 2036. Anurag felt that the Indian population was the main reason behind it. He said that India is the most populated country in the world.

Anurag said that when the Olympics happened in Tokyo in 2020, India had the highest population. He hence felt that it made complete sense for the IOC to hand over the hoisting rights to India. “We had the largest population to see the Olympic sports last time (in 2020 Tokyo) and this time, it makes more sense for the IOC to give the 2036 Olympics to none other than Bharat, our India,” claimed Anurag.

He further interpreted the motive of the Indian government regarding the same. In 2023, IOC’s summit took place in Mumbai, which was attended by PM Modi. He expressed the wish to see India hosting the Olympics. Anurag added that PM Modi was serious about India’s willingness to host the event in 2036. He added that India wishes to host the Youth Olympics in 2030.

India’s economy determinant in hosting the Olympics 2036?

“PM Modi made it very clear during the IOC session that India is very serious about hosting the 2036 Summer Olympics, and before that, we want to host the 2030 Youth Olympics. And, I have a reason to say so,” added Anurag in the statement. He was further asked about the venue and if it all of India would be willing to host the Olympics. While Anurag did not say anything about it, he was confident of India getting the hosting rights.

Anurag talked about India’s infrastructure to host the major event. He felt that India has everything it takes to host the event. He felt that India would have a better economy in the next 13 years, which would define its ability to host the tournament. Thakur felt that a huge market would be open for the event if India got to host the event for the first time in history.

For the first time since 2019, the Test matches in India have gone towards the fourth day and were likely to get into the fifth day. In the ongoing five-match Test series between India and England, all three games ended inside four days. Wickets have been such that these games could have easily gone into the fifth day.

Notably, during the Test series against England and Australia in the last three years at home, only one game went into the fifth day. That game ended in a draw. Meanwhile, before the home series against England, India played two Tests in South Africa. While the wicket at the SuperSport park was a decent one, the Cape Town wicket was dangerous.

As India is leading the ongoing series by 2-1, India skipper Rohit Sharma is confident that his team can anywhere.

“We have won a lot of matches on such wickets before. The turning tracks and on pitches where the ball turns remain our strength. It gives us balance,” Rohit told the media here.

“We have given results for many years and we will get results in the future as well. But we don’t have control over certain things — we don’t discuss whether we want rank turners or not. We come here (at the venues) two days before the match and how much can we do anyway in two days?

“The curators decide and make the pitch. We have the strength to play on any wicket and win on it. When we won the Test in South Africa (at Cape Town), everyone knows what kind of wicket it was,” he said.

In the last three Tests we played, there were different challenges: Rohit Sharma

The two-time World Event winner added that his team has gotten different challenges in the first three games.

“(In) the last three Tests we played, there were different challenges. In the first Test (Hyderabad), the ball was spinning and the pitch was slow. In Vizag, it was (keeping) low. As the game progressed, the wicket became slower. Here, it played well for the first three days.

“Today, we saw that the ball was turning and it was low. This is (in) the nature (of pitches), we get pitches like these in India. But if we get rank turners, we will play on them as well,” Rohit added.

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