Maybe Canada is meant for Sikhs or call it an irony, as amid the tensio between India and Canada, a Gurdaspur cricketer who has faced continuous rejection by officials managing the Punjab cricket, has been selected in the national team of Canada.

The Canadian cricket squad would take part in the World Cup qualifying tournament to be held in Bermuda from September 30.

This comes as a shocker to many in the state’s cricketing fraternity. They are finding it hard to believe that all-rounder Dilpreet Singh Bajwa (22) made it to the team of another country after his claims were rather unfairly dismissed by his own state and country.

This, many ex-cricketers say, tells the complete story of cricket and cricketers in Punjab where players belonging to minor districts are rarely rewarded, no matter how good they may be, as reported by theTribune.

Bajwa was a disciple of coach Rakesh Marshal. He used to practice at the Government College grounds where Marshal runs an academy.

His father Harpreet Singh used to work in the Agriculture Department while his mother Harleen Kaur was a government teacher. Keeping in mind the fact that their son was getting a raw deal from the selectors, his parents decided to immigrate to Canada in 2020.

In just three years, Bajwa, a batting all-rounder, impressed all and sundry in the Canadian domestic tournament called Global T20 tournament. He played for Montreal Tigers and after coming up with some dazzling scores, the selectors decided to include him in the national team.

Just before the family moved to Toronto bag and baggage, Dilpreet was a man who had been brought to his knees by a flawed cricketing system.

He was so dejected that a cricket kit was the last thing he wanted to see. Then stepped in coach Marshal and his parents who impressed upon him that he was full of talent and should not get disconsolate