Who Is Yuvraj Samra: In the ICC T20 World Cup 2026, young Canadian batsman Yuvraj Samra has created history by scoring a century against New Zealand. 19-year-old Yuvraj Samra played a brilliant inning of 110 runs in just 65 balls, beating the brilliant bowlers of New Zealand, while this left-handed opening batsman completed his century in just 58 balls. He accomplished the biggest feat of his career by hitting Jameson for a four on the last ball of the 17th over.

Yuvraj Samra broke records by scoring a century

Yuvraj Samra has now become the youngest batsman to score a century in the history of T20 World Cup. He accomplished this feat at the age of just 19 years and 141 days. Not only this, now Yuvraj has also made the highest score of any associate player in the T20 World Cup. You will be surprised to know that before the match against New Zealand, Yuvraj Samra had never scored even a half-century, he converted his first fifty into a record-breaking century.

Father named him after Sixer King Yuvraj Singh

It is not a coincidence that Yuvraj Samra’s name matches with former Indian legendary all-rounder Yuvraj Singh, but his father Baljeet Singh Samra is such a big fan of Yuvraj Singh that he has also named his son after him. Yuvraj Samra has met Yuvraj Singh twice. For the first time in the year 2019 when Yuvraj Singh was playing for Toronto Nationals and for the second time in 2025 during the Super 60 tournament.

The family had settled in Canada from Punjab.

Yuvraj Samra’s father Baljit Singh Samra had settled in Canada from Punjab, his son Yuvraj Singh Samra was born in Brampton, a city in the Ontario province. There is a significant number of residents of Indian origin in this city. Baljeet started giving cricket training to his son Yuvraj at a very young age. Yuvraj Samra made his debut for Canada in a List-A match in February 2025 after playing in the Toronto District Cricket Association (TDCA) and Brampton and Etobicoke District Cricket League (BEDCL). A month later, he was selected for Canada in the ODI series against the Netherlands and since then he has not looked back.

Yuvraj Samra wants to play in IPL

Like his father, Yuvraj Samra himself is a big fan of Yuvraj Singh. He said during an interview, ‘My father wants me to play in IPL for Mumbai Indians. Who doesn’t want to play in IPL? And I want this too’

Canadian opening batsman Yuvraj Samra has scored a historic century in the T20 World Cup 2026. In the do-or-die match against New Zealand, he played a brilliant inning of 110 runs in 65 balls, hitting 6 sixes and 11 fours. Yuvraj has become the youngest player to score a century in the history of T20 World Cup.

Canada won the toss and decided to bat first at MA Chidambaram Stadium. There was a century partnership for the first wicket between Yuvraj Samra and captain Dilpreet Bajwa. The team’s first wicket as captain fell on the score of 116. Bajwa scored 36 runs in 39 balls, after which Yuvraj completed his century.

The journey of T20 World Cup 2026 started with 20 teams, which were placed in 4 groups of 5 each. Now the group stage is at its final stage, teams from 5 countries including both the hosts (Team India and Sri Lanka) have confirmed their place in the Super-8. Today 2 teams can get tickets for Super-8, Australia is standing on the verge of being eliminated. After losing to India, Pakistan has not been able to qualify for the next round, it can also be out of the tournament.

Pakistan may be out?

Only Team India has qualified for Super-8 from Group A. USA is in second place in the points table, having played all four of its matches. Pakistan also has 4 points, but on the basis of net run rate the team is behind America. Pakistan vs Namibia match is on Wednesday, if Pakistan becomes victim of upset and Namibia wins the match, then like 2024, America will reach Super-8.

Sri Lanka qualified from Group B

From this group, host country Sri Lanka has confirmed its place in Super-8. The team defeated Australia in the match held on Monday, after which the danger of Australia being out has increased. Today (17 February) there is a Zimbabwe vs Ireland match at 3 pm, if Zimbabwe wins then they will have 6 points, while Australia can now reach a maximum of 4 points only.

Both teams of Group C confirmed

West Indies and England have confirmed their places in the Super-8. After winning 3 consecutive matches, West Indies is on top with 6 points. England has played all four matches, the team has 6 points. Now no other team from this group can reach 6 points.

Group D equation

South Africa is the only team to reach Super-8 from this group, there is a competition between New Zealand and Afghanistan for second place. New Zealand has won 2 out of 3 matches. Afghanistan has won only 1 out of 3 matches, it has 2 points but it can reach 4 points by winning its last match. But they want New Zealand to lose their fourth match.

Today these 2 teams can qualify in Super-8

Today (February 17), by defeating Canada, New Zealand team will become the sixth team to reach the Super-8 of T20 World Cup 2026. The second match is Zimbabwe vs Ireland from 3 pm, by winning this Zimbabwe can reach Super-8. In this situation, Australia will be out of the group stage itself, which has happened only once in history.

These 5 teams are confirmed in Super-8- India, Sri Lanka, West Indies, England, South Africa.

Afghanistan Qualification Scenario For Super-8: The 28th league match of T20 World Cup 2026 was played between Afghanistan and UAE at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. In the match, Afghanistan under the captaincy of Rashid Khan defeated UAE by 5 wickets. However, even after this match, it seems very difficult for Afghanistan to reach the Super-8. The Afghan team will have to hope for a big upset to move into the next stage.

Let us tell you that Afghanistan team is present in Group-D. This was Afghanistan’s first win in the tournament. Now Rashid’s army will have to depend on the result of the match between New Zealand and Canada tomorrow i.e. Tuesday, February 17, to keep the hopes of Super-8 alive.

Afghanistan hopes for a big upset

If the Canadian team pulls a big upset and defeats New Zealand, then Afghanistan will have a hope of reaching the next stage of the tournament. If New Zealand wins the match, then they will qualify for the next stage. At present, South Africa has qualified for Super-8 from Group-D.

Afghanistan trumps past UAE in a gripping contest at the #T20WorldCup motiv

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— ICC (@ICC) February 16, 2026

New Zealand has won 2 out of 3 matches. If the Kiwi team wins against Canada, it will be their third win. With this, New Zealand will become the second team to get the third win in the group and qualify for the Super-8. Apart from New Zealand (except Africa, which has qualified earlier), no other team in the group has a chance of getting 3 wins.

Group D points table

position	Team	match	Victory	Garland	no result	points	net run rate
1	South Africa (Q)	3	3	0	0	6	+1.477
2	New Zealand	3	2	1	0	4	+0.701
3	afghanistan	3	1	2	0	2	-0.215
4	uae	3	1	2	0	2	-0.797
5	Canada	2	0	2	0	0	-1.526

Afghanistan vs UAE match status

Talking about the match, the Afghanistan team, which came to bat, was all out for 162 runs in 19.2 overs. Ibrahim Zadran played the biggest innings for the team and scored 53 runs. Then the UAE team, which came out for run chase, could reach only 160/2 runs in 20 overs. Shoaib Khan played the biggest innings for the team and scored 68 runs, but his innings could not help the team cross the victory line.