Cricket will be included in next year's South Asian Games to be staged in Dhaka,a regional Olympic official said. "India,Sri Lanka,Pakistan,Bangladesh and Nepal have already agreed to participate in cricket," Kutubuddin Ahmed,secretary-general of the Bangladesh Olympic Association,told Reuters after a meeting in Kathmandu on Monday. A Twenty20 competition at under-21 level would feature in the games for the eight-nation grouping,to be staged from Jan. 29 to Feb.9 next year,he added.