Canada’s 19-year-old Yuvraj Samra entered the records with a century against New Zealand in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 clash. Yuvraj became the youngest centurion in T20 World Cup history. He broke Pakistan's out-of-favour batter Ahmed Shehzad's record. A 22-year-old Shehzad had scored a century against Bangladesh in the 2014 edition.
Yuvraj Samra who is named after the legendary India batter Yuvraj Singh also became the first batter from an associate nation to score a century in T20 World Cup.
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Yuvraj scored 110 runs from 65 balls. His knock was laced with six sixes and 11 fours. The 110-run knock is also the fifth-highest score by a batter in T20 World Cup history. New Zealand's Brendon McCullum (123), West Indies' Chris Gayle (117), England's Alex Hales (116 not out) and Pakistan's Shehzad are ahead of him.
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Record set in T20 WC 2007 broken
The southpaw is the first batter to score a century in T20 World Cups against New Zealand. The previous best was unbeaten 89 by South Africa's Justin Kemp in Durban in the inaugural edition of T20 World Cup in 2007.
Big partnership, challenging total vs New Zealand
Yuvraj’s catch was dropped a couple of times. His record-breaking knock helped Canada post 173/4 on the board after Dilpreet Bajwa won the toss and opted to bat first. Yuvraj and Bajwa shared an 116-run opening partnership from 14 overs. Bajwa contributed with a 39-ball 36.
Yuvraj was eventually dismissed on the second ball of the final over by Jacob Duffy as James Neesham took an excellent catch.
Yuvraj joins Nissanka’s list
This is the second century of the ongoing T20 World Cup 2026. On February 16, Sri Lanka’s Pathum Nissanka scored an unbeaten 52-ball 100 against Australia in the successful run chase. Yuvraj is also the 12th batter to score a century in T20 World Cups.
Canada's T20I centurions
Yuvraj is fifth Canadian batter to score a T20I century but first to do it against a full-member nation. Aaron Johnson, Matthew Spoors, Ravinderpal Singh and Rayyan Pathan are others.