{"id":13978,"date":"2026-04-17T20:49:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T00:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/?p=13978"},"modified":"2026-04-17T20:49:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T00:19:17","slug":"cbc-threats-corruption-and-intimidation-is-the-bishnoi-gang-calling-shots-at-cricket-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/?p=13978","title":{"rendered":"[CBC]: Threats, corruption and intimidation: Is the Bishnoi gang calling shots at Cricket Canada?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by Steven D&#8217;Souza, Roxanna Woloshyn, Lisa Ellenwood<\/p>\n<p>The night was meant to be a celebration. Last July, a group of around 25 cricketers, fresh off a win at a major provincial tournament gathered at a restaurant in Surrey, B.C.<\/p>\n<p>Amidst the din of conversations and aromas of chicken curry and aloo gobi, what took place has become what sources describe as a defining moment in a dark new era taking over the sport in Canada, allegedly influencing everything from player selection up to the top position at Cricket Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Two players from the tournament made their way from the outside patio to a table inside, where a star on Canada&#8217;s national men&#8217;s team was having dinner with another group.<\/p>\n<p>The national player \u2014 whom the fifth estate is not naming to protect his safety \u2014 stepped to one side of the restaurant where the two players issued a stark warning.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/cricket-canada-allegations-fifth-estate-9.7167081\">Full story<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Steven D&#8217;Souza, Roxanna Woloshyn, Lisa Ellenwood The night was meant to be a celebration. Last July, a group of around 25 cricketers, fresh off a win at a major provincial tournament gathered at a restaurant in Surrey, B.C. Amidst the din of conversations and aromas of chicken curry and aloo gobi, what took place [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,39,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13978"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13978"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13981,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13978\/revisions\/13981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}