Canada’s 19-year-old Yuvraj makes hory with 58-ball century vs New Zealand, 2nd to score ton in 2026 T20 World Cup | Cricket News
2 min readUpdated: Feb 17, 2026 12:36 PM Canada’s Yuvraj Samra became just the second player to score a century in the 2026 T20 World Cup, smashing his way to three figures in just 58 balls against New Zealand at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Samra hit 10 fours and six sixes on the way to the mark.
Much of Samra’s innings came in a 116-run opening stand between him and captain Dilpreet Bajwa. The latter fell in the 14th over to Kyle Jamieson after scoring 36 in 39 balls. Samra ended Jamieson’s next over with a four that got him to the milestone, drawing wild celebrations from his teammates in the dugout and big cheers from the sizeable crowd at the Chepauk Stadium.
Samra is the first player from an associate nation to have scored a century in the hory of the men’s T20 World Cup. He is also the youngest centurion in the tournament’s hory at the age of 19 years and 141 days. The previous record was held Pakan’s Ahmed Shehzad who was 22 years and 127 days old when he scored a century against Bangladesh in Mirpur in 2014.
Samra rode his luck a little bit towards the end of his innings with New Zealand, including the incomparable Glenn Phillips, being guilty of some loose fielding. James Neesham dropped a regulation catch off him at long off last ball of the 18th over which resulted in the ball trickling over the line for another four. However, it was Neesham himself who finally ended the knock third ball of the next over, trapping Samra plumb in front of his middle stump.
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