5 min readChennaiApr 17, 2026 11:20 PM IST The International Cricket Council’s Anti-Corruption Unit is probing allegations of corruption in Cricket Canada, which includes an alleged spot-fixing episode in Canada’s T20 World Cup 2026 match against New Zealand. According to sources in the ICC, it is learnt that two investigations are running in parallel with regard to international and domestic fixtures. On Friday, The Fifth Estate aired a documentary titled ‘Corruption, Crime and Cricket’ on the public broadcaster CBC, where a wide-ranging set of accusations were made against Cricket Canada with regards to governance, team selection and match-related conduct at the international and domestic levels. In a stunning revelation, the documentary also claimed that the Lawrence Bishnoi gang is involved in the activities. An anonymous individual – whose identity was protected for safety reasons – alleged that the gang threatened a prominent Canadian player and played a role in Cricket Canada naming the 22-year-old Dilpreet Bajwa as Canada’s captain in an eleventh-hour decision ahead of the T20 World Cup, which surprised the coach, the manager …