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Olympics - Cricket to make Asian Games return at Hangzhou 2022

By Sudipto Ganguly
FILE PHOTO: Sri Lanka's cricket team celebrates on the podium after winning the men's final Twenty20 cricket match against Afghanistan at the Yeonhui cricket ground during the 17th Asian Games in Incheon October 3, 2014. REUTERS/Olivia Harris

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Cricket will return to the next Asian Games at Hangzhou 2022 after the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) added it to its sports programme for the next edition of the continental event.

Cricket has struggled to grow beyond its traditional bases and was last played at the Olympics in the 1900 Paris Games.

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