BY KAYLA KARIM
Cricket Canada will have a new face as their president for the upcoming term.
Rashpal Bajwa was acclaimed as President during Cricket Canada’s recent Annual General Meeting, which was held early last week at a teleconference. Bajwa has been a part of the executive board for over four years as the Vice President since 2016. He has also been involved with Cricket BC administration serving with the BC Mainland League and later as President of Cricket BC.
Ranjit Saini was the only other candidate nominated for the role who was seeking re-election for a third consecutive term. His long history with cricket first began when he became president in late 2009 where he then moved up to vice-president acting as an interim. Saini was elected to be president in 2010 however he could not repeat the term for 2012. After a few years of tribulations in trying to become president, Saini returned successfully in 2018.
Bajwa’s Presidential acclamation resulted from a last-minute withdrawal of the incumbent Saini’s bid for re-election and was one of the three changes that was made to the Board of Directors at Cricket Canada. Other notable changes came as Farhan Khan was elected as Secretary, Amjad Bajwa as Director and Mohammed Shaikh taking the other Director’s position.
Re-elected Director Sheikh has been a long standing Cricket Canada Board Member in addition to his seasoned multi-year role as President of the TDCA. He has also played a major role in the formulation of the Annual Global T20 Tournament.
The newly appointed secretary, Farhan Khan is a professionally employed manager at Ernst & Young. In addition to his experience with the Toronto Cricket Club, the TDCA and Cricket Ontario, Khan has also served as President of the Canadian Corporate Cricket League, with experience as a TDCA Vice-President and as a Director of Cricket Ontario.
Amjad Bajwa, the second Director has experience as Cricket BC’s current President which will benefit Rashpal Bajwa leading the Cricket Canada Board of Directors in the direction of improvement and involvement of the sport in this nation.
Cricket Canada is responsible for promoting and developing the sport nationally. Being the official governing body, Cricket Canada is a not-for-profit organization recognized by the International Cricket Council, the Government of Canada and the Canadian Olympic Committee.
