Taking a major decision, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has suspended the Canada Cricket Board with immediate effect. There are allegations that Canada Cricket was violating its membership obligations. This decision was taken in the ICC board meeting held in Ahmedabad on 31 May.

The ICC issued a statement saying that the Canadian board has been suspended. However, this will not have any impact on the players and players will be able to participate in ICC tournaments as before. This decision has been taken at the administrative level, so that it does not affect the players financially, the funds will be received through a controlled system.

ICC has set some conditions for the reinstatement of the Canada Cricket Board, the purpose of which will be to remove the administrative shortcomings. ICC will form a committee to monitor whether work is being done in this direction or not.

Discuss many other issues

Many important issues were discussed in the board meeting held in Ahmedabad. Often in Test matches, the day’s play is ended early due to low light. ICC has also approved the recommendation of using pink ball if both the teams agree on this. In the upcoming Test matches, pink balls can be seen being used in low light conditions. Apart from this, the topic of organizing a global qualifier tournament for the Men’s T20 World Cup was also discussed.

Concern about franchise cricket

The International Cricket Council has also expressed concern over the expansion of franchise cricket. The ICC will set up a committee to assess the harmony between the international cricket schedule and franchise cricket.

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Canada cricket team captain Dilpreet Singh Bajwa has been facing serious allegations of being linked to gangster Lawrence. There are allegations that with the help of the gang, pressure was put on the management to make Bajwa the captain of the national team, and the players who protested were also threatened. ICC’s anti-corruption unit is also investigating against Dilpreet, he is also accused of match fixing. This is related to the T20 World Cup 2026, which was hosted by India and Sri Lanka.

Indian-origin Dilpreet Singh Bajwa was made the captain just 3 weeks before the T20 World Cup 2026. In a report released on April 17, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation claimed that an organized gang was pressurizing Bajwa to make him the captain. It is also said that some players were also threatened, due to which pressure was put on the team management and Bajwa was given the captaincy.

The report claims that corruption and illegal activities are increasing in the Canadian cricket team. After winning a tournament in 2025, some players threatened the key players of the team to make Bajwa the captain. After this the player withdrew himself from the tournament and cited the reason behind this as a threat to his safety.

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Threats given to players

It has been said in this report that when some players opposed the appointment of Dilpreet Singh Bajwa as captain, they also received threats in the name of gangsters. This changed the atmosphere of the team and created fear among the players. An investigation is also going on on Bajwa, he has also been accused of match fixing.

ICC’s anti-corruption unit has started an investigation due to a suspicious ball being bowled in the T20 World Cup 2026 match against New Zealand on 17 February.

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Former coach Khurram Chauhan says that after accusing Bajwa, his house was also fired upon twice. Dilpreet Singh Bajwa took his primary education from Batala, Punjab, he moved to Canada in 2020. However, the investigation is still ongoing and no allegations have been proven.

ICC’s Anti-Corruption Unite has started two major investigations against the Canada cricket team. Such claims have been made in CBC’s documentary ‘Corruption Cricket and Cricket’, which has created a stir in the cricket world. An important part of this investigation is related to a match of T20 World Cup 2026, this tournament was held in India and Sri Lanka. Serious allegations of match fixing have been made during the New Zealand vs Canada match.

The fifth over of New Zealand’s innings is under scrutiny, which was done by Canadian captain Dilpreet Bajwa. Let us tell you that Bajwa was made the captain of the Canada national team just 3 weeks before the start of T20 World Cup 2026. In this over, Bajwa gave a total of 15 runs by bowling no-balls and wide balls. This proved important in the match. Now this over has come under investigation. The ICC is investigating whether this bad bowling was real or whether the captain gave away so many runs deliberately? Is this related to any betting?

Leaked audio created a stir

The Canadian cricket team is going through its worst phase. Apart from the allegations of corruption against the player, telephone recording has also indicated rigging during team selection, the audio of which is viral. In this, former coach Khurram Chauhan says that pressure was being put on him to select some special players in the national team, they were none other than the senior members of the board.

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Former coach Pubudu Dassanayake has also claimed that during the 2024 World Cup, he too had opposed the interference of other officials in the team selection. After this he was threatened with removal from the job.

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The image of Canadian cricket has also been tarnished at the administrative level. Cases of fraud and theft are pending against former CEO Salman Khan. The condition of Canadian cricketers is also not good, the money they received for the World Cup was also delayed and they were not even kept on any professional contract.

New Zealand cricket team has qualified for the Super-8 of T20 World Cup 2026. The Kiwi team defeated Canada by 8 wickets in the first match played on Tuesday. In this match played at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Canada won the toss and decided to bat first. Thanks to Yuvraj Samra’s historic century, Canada made a good score of 173 runs. While chasing the target, Rachin Ravindra and Glenn Phillips played unbeaten half-centuries for New Zealand. New Zealand registered a big victory by achieving the target in the 16th over itself.

In this match held at MA Chidambaram, Chennai, Canada won the toss and decided to bat first. Opener Yuvraj Samra played a historic inning of 110 runs, becoming the youngest player to score a century in the T20 World Cup. Canada had scored 173 runs.

While chasing the target, New Zealand lost the wickets of both its openers in the powerplay itself. Finn Allen scored a quick 21 runs in 8 balls, but was out on the first ball of the fourth over. In the previous over, Tim Seifert (6) had also returned to the pavilion. Then it seemed that the Canadian bowlers would give a tough fight, but the unbeaten innings of Glenn Phillips and Rachin Ravindra made this target a modest target.

Canadian opening batsman Yuvraj Samra has scored a historic century in the T20 World Cup 2026. In the do-or-die match against New Zealand, he played a brilliant inning of 110 runs in 65 balls, hitting 6 sixes and 11 fours. Yuvraj has become the youngest player to score a century in the history of T20 World Cup.

Canada won the toss and decided to bat first at MA Chidambaram Stadium. There was a century partnership for the first wicket between Yuvraj Samra and captain Dilpreet Bajwa. The team’s first wicket as captain fell on the score of 116. Bajwa scored 36 runs in 39 balls, after which Yuvraj completed his century.

Canada vs UAE Highlights: In a thrilling match, UAE has defeated Canada by 5 wickets. In this match played at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, Canada batted first and scored 150 runs. In reply, UAE registered a thrilling victory on the basis of stormy batting after a bad start. Aryansh scored a half-century for UAE, before that Junaid Siddiqui had taken 5 wickets.

In this match for UAE, Junaid Siddiqui took 5 wickets for 35 runs in 4 overs. He became the second bowler after Romario Shepherd to do so in the 2026 T20 World Cup. Due to his lethal bowling, UAE team restricted Canada to 150 runs.

UAE’s thrilling victory

The UAE team, which came to chase the target of 151 runs, made a very poor start in batting. At one time the UAE team had lost 4 wickets after scoring only 68 runs in 13 overs. After this, UAE batsmen achieved the target by scoring 83 runs in the next 40 balls. Despite a bad start, the UAE team won in the first 2 balls.

Aryansh Sharma returned unbeaten after scoring 74 runs in 53 balls, in this innings he hit 6 fours and 3 sixes. Meanwhile, the UAE team had lost wickets continuously, but Shoaib Khan supported Aryansh Sharma very well and made a partnership of 84 runs, taking his team to the threshold of victory.

If we look at the points table, after the 5-wicket win over Canada, the UAE team has come to third place in Group D. In this group, New Zealand and South Africa are still on top by winning both their matches. In such a situation, if UAE wants to remain in the race for Super-8, it will have to win the next matches also.

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South Africa vs Canada Highlights: South Africa has started its journey in the T20 World Cup 2026 with a big victory. It has won over Canada by 57 runs. In this match played in Ahmedabad, Canada won the toss and chose to bowl first. South Africa, who came to bat first, scored 213 runs, in response the Canadian team could score only 156 runs. Navneet Dhaliwal kept fighting till the end and played a half-century inning of 64 runs.

Captain Aiden Markram played a stormy half-century of 59 runs in 32 balls for South Africa, who came to bat first. Ryan Rickleton also contributed 33 runs. The team’s veteran batsman David Miller looked in good form, scoring 39 runs in an innings studded with 3 sixes. Tristan Stubbs played an inning of 34 runs in 19 balls. Ansh Patel took maximum 3 wickets for Canada.

This Indian kept fighting till the end

There are many cricketers of Indian origin in the Canadian cricket team. Captain Dilpreet Bajwa was out on the very first ball of his innings. Yuvraj Samra went on after scoring 12 runs. A big innings was expected from Nicholas Kirton, but he was out after scoring only 4 runs.

India-born Navneet Dhaliwal kept fighting till the end, who scored an inning of 64 runs in 49 balls. He hit 7 fours and one six in this innings. Harsh Thaker saved his team from being all out on a low score by contributing 33 runs. Lungi Ngidi took the most wickets for South Africa, who took 4 wickets. Marco Yansen took 2 wickets and Kagiso Rabada also took one wicket.

On the basis of this big victory, South Africa has reached the top of the points table of Group D. There is another strong team in the same group in the form of New Zealand.

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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.

Canada have announced squad for their second Men’s #T20WorldCup appearance

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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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