Canada has announced a 15-member squad for the T20 World Cup. Canada played its first T20 World Cup in 2024, it has reached here by qualifying for the World Cup for the second consecutive time. The captaincy of the Canada team has been given to Dilpreet Bajwa, who is originally Indian and was also born in India.

Canada had qualified for the T20 World Cup 2026 by winning the Americas Regional Final. He topped the table by winning all his 6 matches in the qualifier tournament. As a result, he got a place in the main tournament of the T20 World Cup.

Nicholas Kirton is also in this team, who has earned a good name in white ball cricket. Left-handed batsman Yuvraj Samra, whose strike rate is more than 160, would also like to come to India and create havoc in the World Cup.

Canada’s squad for T20 World Cup: Dilpreet Bajwa (captain), Ajayveer Hundal, Ansh Patel, Dilan Helaiger, Harsh Thaker, Jaskarandeep Buttar, Kaleem Sana, Kanwarpal Tathgur, Navneet Dhaliwal, Nicholas Kirton, Ravinderpal Singh, Saad Bin Zafar, Shivam Sharma, Shreyas Movva, Yuvraj Samra.

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The Canadian team has been placed in Group D of the T20 World Cup 2026, in which Afghanistan, New Zealand, South Africa and UAE are also present. Canada will play its first match with South Africa on February 9. Its second match will be against UAE on 13th February, New Zealand on 17th February and in the last group stage match it will face Afghanistan on 19th February.

Nicholas kirton arrested for drugs: From time to time, new controversies have been arising in the cricket world. Sometimes match fixing, sometimes there have been cases of abuses. Now the captain of a country’s national cricket team has been caught with drugs. The name of this player is Nicolas Kirton, who captains the National Cricket Team of Canada. A noted media channel in the country reported that Nicholas was arrested last Sunday. Now the Canadian Cricket Board has released the official statement in this matter.

The Canadian Cricket Board issued a statement saying, “Canada Cricket Board has received information about the allegations on Nicolas Kiratan and the arrest of Nicholas Kirton. We are very serious about this matter and continuously keep an eye on further action.”

Nicholas Kirton arrested in drugs case

According to some media reports, Nicolas Kirton has been caught with 9 kg Canabis. Canabis, also known as Ganja and Marizuana. According to the law there is no crime to travel with cannabis and a person can keep about 57 grams of hemp with him. But no person can travel and consume it with drugs in public places. But Nicholas Kirton has been caught with 160 times more drugs than the fixed limit.

Danger of being out of Canadian team

The Canadian team is currently preparing for the North American Cup, which is to be started from 18 April. But after the allegations on Nicolas Kirton, questions are being raised on the availability for his North American Cup. USA, Bermuda, Bahamas and hosts are going to participate in this tournament.

Talking about Nicholas Kirton, he was born in Barbados and has been one of the most important players of the Canadian team in the last few years. Before entering the Canadian team, he has also represented the Barbados team and the under-19 team of West Indies at the domestic level. Let us tell you that according to media reports, a cricketer in Canada is not able to earn Rs 50 lakh annually.

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