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Canada\u2019s match against New Zealand at T20 World Cup among allegations of corruption against country\u2019s cricket set up.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Published On 17 Apr 2026<\/span>17 Apr 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The International Cricket Council (ICC) is investigating Cricket Canada over allegations of match corruption, including the team\u2019s loss to New Zealand at the recent T20 World Cup hosted by India and Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n The game in Chennai \u2013 which Canada lost by eight wickets \u2013 is under scrutiny following allegations of corruption highlighted in a documentary aired by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) on Thursday.<\/p>\n list of 4 items<\/span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n \u201cThe ACU (anti-corruption unit) is aware of the programme broadcast by CBC,\u201d Andrew Ephgrave, interim general manager of the ICC\u2019s Integrity Unit, said in a statement.<\/p>\n The documentary by the public broadcaster made wide-ranging accusations of corruption and poor governance against Canada Cricket.<\/p>\n In the Chennai game, suspicion is focused on the fifth over bowled by captain Dilpreet Bajwa during New Zealand\u2019s chase, according to the ESPN Cricinfo website.<\/p>\n He started with a no-ball, bowled a wide, and ended up conceding 15 runs in the over.<\/p>\n Canada scored 173 for four wickets in 20 overs, while New Zealand replied with 176 for two off 15.1 overs.<\/p>\n The ICC, the game\u2019s world governing body, is also investigating a phone call involving then Canada coach Khurram Chohan in which he claims that senior Cricket Canada board members put pressure on him to select certain players.<\/p>\n \u201cGovernance matters in relation to ICC members are considered by the ICC, where they fall under its jurisdiction, in accordance with the ICC\u2019s standard constitutional processes,\u201d Ephgrave said.<\/p>\n Cricket Canada said it was treating the matter with \u201cutmost importance\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cRecent promotional material alludes to allegations related to organised crime and match-fixing \u2013 issues that Cricket Canada takes extremely seriously,\u201d the organisation said on its website.<\/p>\n \u201cWhere matters are raised, we are committed to reviewing them responsibly and taking appropriate steps as needed.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Canada\u2019s match against New Zealand at T20 World Cup among allegations of corruption against country\u2019s cricket set up. Published On 17 Apr 202617 Apr 2026 The International Cricket Council (ICC) is investigating Cricket Canada over allegations of match corruption, including the team\u2019s loss to New Zealand at the recent T20 World Cup hosted by India […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19311,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia-pacific"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19310\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n
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