# Yuvraj Samra
**Yuvraj Singh Samra** (born 2006) is a Canadian cricketer who plays as a left-handed top-order batter and right-arm medium bowler for the Canada national team. He became the youngest player to score a century in an ICC World Cup, in either the T20 or 50-over format, when he made 110 against New Zealand at the 2026 Men's T20 World Cup in Chennai, and the first batter from an associate nation to score a hundred in T20 World Cup history.[1](https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/canada-teenager-creates-world-cup-history-in-chennai) • [2](https://www.etplofficial.com/players/yuvraj-samra)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 2006, Brampton, Ontario, Canada[2](https://www.etplofficial.com/players/yuvraj-samra) |
| Role | Left-handed top-order batter; right-arm medium bowler[2](https://www.etplofficial.com/players/yuvraj-samra) |
| International career | Debut 2025; 35 internationals for Canada through 2026 (15 ODIs, 20 T20Is)[3](https://cricket.rkjat.in/players/yuvraaj-samra/) |
| T20I record | 586 runs in 20 matches, average 36.62, strike rate 159.67, one hundred, three fifties, highest score 110[3](https://cricket.rkjat.in/players/yuvraaj-samra/) |
| ODI record | 378 runs in 15 matches, average 29.07, strike rate 80.08, highest score 78, three fifties[3](https://cricket.rkjat.in/players/yuvraaj-samra/) |
| Record innings | 110 off 65 balls vs New Zealand, Chennai, February 17, 2026; youngest World Cup centurion in any format[1](https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/canada-teenager-creates-world-cup-history-in-chennai) |
| Franchise teams | Vancouver Knights, Michigan Cricket Stars, Chicago Kingsmen, Silicon Valley Strikers, Amsterdam Flames (ETPL)[2](https://www.etplofficial.com/players/yuvraj-samra) |
## Early life and naming
Samra was born in Brampton, Ontario, to a Punjabi-origin family. His father Baljeet Samra, an Indian immigrant who moved to Toronto from a village near the India-Pakistan border in Punjab in 2002, named his son after the Indian batter [Yuvraj Singh](https://www.edgepedia.org/yuvraj-singh), whose performances in the ICC Knockout Trophy in Kenya and the 2011 World Cup had made him Baljeet's favorite cricketer.[4](https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/yuvraj-singh-samra-canada-t20-world-cup-century-yuvraj-singh-10538231/)
The family enrolled him at the Australasia Cricket Academy at the age of eight. His mother, Hoshiar Kaur, gave up her job at a car company to take him to coaching sessions, which could cost up to 100 dollars per hour, and during Canadian winters he traveled to India, training in [Chandigarh](https://www.edgepedia.org/chandigarh) and Amritsar under coaches Sandeep Sawal and Gagandeep Singh, as well as in England.[4](https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/yuvraj-singh-samra-canada-t20-world-cup-century-yuvraj-singh-10538231/) His early coach was Amarinder Bhinder, a Cricket South Africa Level 3 coach based in Toronto, who introduced the family to the Patiala Shahi Cricket Club, an organization that took Samra to tournaments across Canada from the age of 13.[4](https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/yuvraj-singh-samra-canada-t20-world-cup-century-yuvraj-singh-10538231/) • [5](https://www.crickviews.com/yuvraj-samra-cricketer/) He broke into district Under-16 and Under-19 teams at the ages of 12 and 13 respectively.[4](https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/yuvraj-singh-samra-canada-t20-world-cup-century-yuvraj-singh-10538231/)
## International career
Samra made his senior Canada debut in 2025, appearing in ICC World Cup League 2 qualifiers against New Zealand, and played his first ODI on March 9, 2025 and his first T20I on March 19, 2025.[4](https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/yuvraj-singh-samra-canada-t20-world-cup-century-yuvraj-singh-10538231/) • [3](https://cricket.rkjat.in/players/yuvraaj-samra/)
**T20I record.** In 20 T20 internationals he has scored 586 runs at an average of 36.62 and a strike rate of 159.67, with one hundred and three fifties and a highest score of 110.[3](https://cricket.rkjat.in/players/yuvraaj-samra/) In June 2025, during the T20 World Cup Americas Regional Final against the Bahamas, he hit an unbeaten 50 off 15 balls, a Canadian record for the fastest T20I half-century.[5](https://www.crickviews.com/yuvraj-samra-cricketer/) His bowling in the format is occasional: two wickets at an average of 6.50, with best figures of 2/13 against the Bahamas on June 12, 2025.[3](https://cricket.rkjat.in/players/yuvraaj-samra/) • [6](https://www.icc-cricket.com/tournaments/mens-t20-world-cup-2026/teams/12/players/110977/yuvraj-samra)
**ODI record.** In 15 one-day internationals he has made 378 runs at an average of 29.07 with a strike rate of 80.08, three fifties and a highest score of 78, made against Scotland on August 7, 2026.[3](https://cricket.rkjat.in/players/yuvraaj-samra/) • [7](https://www.ipl.com/player-compare/danial-ibrahim-vs-yuvraj-samra-t20) He has bowled only one ODI over-set, taking 1/31 against Scotland in August 2026.[3](https://cricket.rkjat.in/players/yuvraaj-samra/)
## The 2026 T20 World Cup century
On February 17, 2026, in a group match against New Zealand at Chennai, the 19-year-old Samra scored 110 off 65 deliveries, with 11 boundaries and six sixes, reaching his century in 58 balls. Canada posted 173/4, and although New Zealand recovered to win and take a Super Eight berth, the innings set several marks: the youngest man to hit a World Cup century across the T20 and ODI formats, the third youngest centurion in men's T20I history, the first associate nation batter to score such a century against a full-member team, and the first hundred by a batter from an associate nation in T20 World Cup history.[10](https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2007/sep/12/cricket.worldtwenty2020072) It was also his first international century.[1](https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/canada-teenager-creates-world-cup-history-in-chennai) • [8](https://chronicleclub.in/storage/uploads/1771388244-deccan-chronicle.pdf)
Across the 2026 tournament he made 144 runs in four matches at an average of 36.00 and a strike rate of 156.52; these matches are also counted within his T20I record.[3](https://cricket.rkjat.in/players/yuvraaj-samra/)
## Franchise and youth cricket
Samra has represented the Vancouver Knights, Michigan Cricket Stars, Chicago Kingsmen, and Silicon Valley Strikers in North American T20 competitions, and signed with the [Amsterdam Flames](https://www.edgepedia.org/amsterdam-flames) in the [European T20 Premier League](https://www.edgepedia.org/european-t20-premier-league).[2](https://www.etplofficial.com/players/yuvraj-samra) He has also played T10 cricket in the Canada Super 60 and appeared for Canada Under-19s, with youth List A bowling figures including 2/5 against Argentina Under-19s in 2023.[7](https://www.ipl.com/player-compare/danial-ibrahim-vs-yuvraj-samra-t20) • [9](https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/players/120826-yuvraj-samra-playerprofile/stats)
## References
1. [Canada teenager creates World Cup history in Chennai, ICC](https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/canada-teenager-creates-world-cup-history-in-chennai)
2. [Yuvraj Samra | ETPL player profile](https://www.etplofficial.com/players/yuvraj-samra)
3. [Yuvraaj Samra stats: ODI and T20I career records, Crickrida](https://cricket.rkjat.in/players/yuvraaj-samra/)
4. [I am sure Yuvraj Singh would be proud that his namesake has created history, The Indian Express](https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/yuvraj-singh-samra-canada-t20-world-cup-century-yuvraj-singh-10538231/)
5. [Yuvraj Samra Cricketer Profile, Cricket Views](https://www.crickviews.com/yuvraj-samra-cricketer/)
6. [Yuvraj Samra | Player Rankings, ICC](https://www.icc-cricket.com/tournaments/mens-t20-world-cup-2026/teams/12/players/110977/yuvraj-samra)
7. [Yuvraj Samra VS Danial Ibrahim head-to-head, IPL.com](https://www.ipl.com/player-compare/danial-ibrahim-vs-yuvraj-samra-t20)
8. [Deccan Chronicle, February 18, 2026](https://chronicleclub.in/storage/uploads/1771388244-deccan-chronicle.pdf)
9. [Yuvraj Samra Overall Stats, NDTV Sports](https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/players/120826-yuvraj-samra-playerprofile/stats)
10. [theguardian.com](https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2007/sep/12/cricket.worldtwenty2020072)
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