Cricket Canada’s ongoing governance crisis escalated further on Wednesday after gunshots were fired at the Surrey residence of newly elected President Arvinder Khosa, according to CBC’s The Fifth Estate. Police responded to the incident in Surrey’s Newton neighbourhood at around 4:40 a.m. local time while the property was occupied, though no injuries were reported.
Khosa later confirmed to The Fifth Estate that his residence had been targeted in the shooting, while investigators found multiple bullet holes on the home’s doors, windows, and exterior walls as authorities began examining a possible extortion connection.
“An individual associated to the residence that was shot this morning has received extortion related threats,” Surrey Police Media Relations Officer Sergeant Ali Gailus told The Fifth Estate in an email.
Governance and integrity concerns continue to surround Cricket Canada
The shooting comes only weeks after Khosa formally took charge as Cricket Canada President following a prolonged leadership dispute that resulted in a court-directed vote earlier this year. Khosa had initially served as interim president before securing the role permanently after Cricket Canada’s annual general meeting in Mississauga.
The organisation has remained under intense scrutiny in recent months over governance concerns, financial oversight issues, and allegations involving intimidation within Canadian cricket circles. As previously reported by cricexec, the ICC froze Cricket Canada’s funding for six months following concerns related to governance standards and financial disclosures, placing additional operational pressure on the board.
Separate integrity concerns involving alleged intimidation, organised crime claims, and suspicious activity connected to Canadian cricket have also surfaced over the past year. As reported previously by cricexec, investigators examined allegations involving individuals accused of threatening players while also reviewing concerns connected to suspicious moments during Canada’s T20 World Cup campaign.
Previous shooting incidents involving Cricket Canada officials
The latest incident is not the first shooting linked to a senior figure connected to Cricket Canada. Earlier this year, a former Cricket Canada board member’s Calgary residence was targeted in two separate shootings before the individual later resigned from the organisation.
Police have not publicly connected the Calgary and Surrey incidents, and no arrests had been announced in relation to Wednesday’s shooting at the time of reporting.
