Who is Yuvraj Samra of Canada who smashed century against New Zealand in T20 World Cup 2026?

In the 31st match of the T20 World Cup 2026 canada's batter Yuvraj Samra mesmerized everyone with his spectacular batting and made history. The 19-year-old player troubled the bowlers of a strong team like New Zealand and scored a century, making him the youngest batter to hit a century in the tournament. Yuvraj completed his century in just 58 balls and scored 110 runs in 65 balls before getting out, including 11 fours and six sixes.

In the match played at the Chennai ground, Yuvraj Samra justified Canada's decision to bat first after winning the toss right from the start and unleashed a flurry of fours and sixes from one end. Yuvraj scored the first half-century of his T20 World Cup career in 36 balls and then took 22 balls to go from fifty to a century. In doing so, Yuvraj also set several records. 

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At the age of 19 years and 141 days, he surpassed Pakistan's Ahmed Shehzad, who had set the record at the age of 22 years and 127 days against Bangladesh in 2014, for becoming the youngest player to score a century in the T20 World Cup. In addition, Yuvraj has also set the record for the highest individual score in the tournament on behalf of an Associate Nation, which was previously held by Aaron Jones of the USA, who had played an unbeaten innings of 94 runs against Canada in 2024.

Highest individual scores for Associate teams in T20 WCs
110 - Yuvraj Samra (CAN) vs NZ, Chennai, 2026*
94* - Aaron Jones (USA) vs CAN, Grand Prairie, 2024
86 - Michael Jones (SCOT) vs IRE, Hobart, 2022
84 - George Munsey (SCOT) vs ITA, Kolkata, 2026
80* - Andries Gous (USA) vs SA, North Sound, 2024

Yuvraj Samra has a special connection with Team India's legend Yuvraj Singh

After Yuvraj Samra's brilliant innings against New Zealand, everyone is eager to know about him. It is worth mentioning that this Canadian player has a special connection with former Team India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh. In fact, Yuvraj Samra’s father, Baljit Samra, is a huge fan of Yuvraj, who led Team India to two World Cup titles. For this reason, he also named his son after Yuvraj.

This young player from Canada has met Yuvraj Singh twice. Their first meeting was in 2019 when Yuvi was playing for the Toronto Nationals. The second meeting took place in 2025 during the Super 60 tournament. It is worth noting that Canada's Yuvraj was born on September 29, 2006, in the city of Brampton, Ontario. Baljeet started his son’s cricket training at a very young age. His efforts paid off, and in 2025, Yuvraj Samra got the chance to make his debut for Canada. Yuvraj has played 27 matches for Canada so far. He has scored 172 runs in ODIs and 569 runs in T20 Internationals.