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’

New Zealand cricket team has qualified for the Super-8 of T20 World Cup 2026. The Kiwi team defeated Canada by 8 wickets in the first match played on Tuesday. In this match played at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Canada won the toss and decided to bat first. Thanks to Yuvraj Samra’s historic century, Canada made a good score of 173 runs. While chasing the target, Rachin Ravindra and Glenn Phillips played unbeaten half-centuries for New Zealand. New Zealand registered a big victory by achieving the target in the 16th over itself.

In this match held at MA Chidambaram, Chennai, Canada won the toss and decided to bat first. Opener Yuvraj Samra played a historic inning of 110 runs, becoming the youngest player to score a century in the T20 World Cup. Canada had scored 173 runs.

While chasing the target, New Zealand lost the wickets of both its openers in the powerplay itself. Finn Allen scored a quick 21 runs in 8 balls, but was out on the first ball of the fourth over. In the previous over, Tim Seifert (6) had also returned to the pavilion. Then it seemed that the Canadian bowlers would give a tough fight, but the unbeaten innings of Glenn Phillips and Rachin Ravindra made this target a modest target.