New Zealand Vs Canada Live Score, T20 World Cup 2026: Samra's Century Drives Bajwa & Co To Strong Total | CAN 173/4 (20)

Not the best finish for Canada as New Zealand show some great death bowling skills. Only 23 runs in the last three overs and even Yuvraj Samra barely could do anything despite for his century. Even then, Canada has posted a competitive total, thanks to Yuvraj Samra's 58-ball century. The 19-year-old created history by becoming the youngest to score a century in the T20 World Cup. New Zealand, although, will back themselves to chase this total.

Yuvraj Samra reaches his century with a streaky four down the third man area. What a knock from the youngster. Against a formidable New Zealand attack, he smashes a brilliant hundred and dominated the likes of Jacob Duffy, Matt Henry and Kyle Jamieson. Gets to the century in just 58 balls and now looking to give Canada a strong finish.

Dilpreet Bajwa finally departs after playing a brilliant knock. He has supported Yuvraj Samra really well and was now looking to accelerate and help his team get to a strong total. Tried to go over the covers and target the gap between sweeper cover and long off, but miscued it slightly and the sweeper cover fielder accepted the catch. Kyle Jamieson is the one to strike.

Yuvraj Samra has been going strong and has picked up pace. He has taken on Cole McConchie and smashes him for two sixes and a four to start Canada's acceleration. With no wickets lost and seven overs to go, Canada have an excellent platform to go hard through and through to the very end.

Both Canada openers keep going strong. Although they have scored only 25 runs off 24 balls since the powerplay, they have not lost a wicket and have prepared the base to launch later in the innings to set up a competitive score. New Zealand has not looked threatening with the ball so far.

Canada openers Yuvraj Samra and Dilpreet Bajwa have given their side an explosive start in the powerplay. None of Matt Henry and Jacob Duffy could trouble them and after James Neesham came on to close out the powerplay, they cracked him open and plundered hm for runs. No wickets lost in the powerplay and 50 runs scored. Canada have a good foundation to build from here.

Canada openers Yuvraj Samra and Dilpreet Bajwa start cautiously. They don't want to lose too many wicket upfront and get knocked out of the game. For them, the ideal case would be taking the game deep with some resilient batting and competing hard.

Yuvraj Samra show a big heart as he charges down the track against the veteran Matt Henry and hits him for consecutive boundaries. Canada need resilience with the bat in hand if they want to compete.

Mitch (Santner) not feeling too great today, so hopefully he’ll be good to go in 24 hours. Firstly, we’re really excited for Lockie with the birth of his first baby — that’s special news — and he’ll be back soon. In terms of the team, Kyle Jamieson comes in for him, so it’s a like-for-like replacement, which is good for us. Cole (McConchie) comes in for Santner as well, so again it’s a very similar role.

New Zealand: Tim Seifert(w), Finn Allen, Rachin Ravindra, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell(c), Cole McConchie, James Neesham, Kyle Jamieson, Matt Henry, Jacob Duffy

Canada: Yuvraj Samra, Dilpreet Bajwa(c), Navneet Dhaliwal, Harsh Thaker, Nicholas Kirton, Shreyas Movva(w), Saad Bin Zafar, Shivam Sharma, Dilon Heyliger, Jaskaran Singh, Ansh Patel

Canada have won the toss and have opted to bat first

South Africa have already qualified following their victory against New Zealand. They are the table toppers with three wins from three matches. New Zealand are second with two wins from three games. Afghanistan is placed third with one win from three games. They are ahead of UAE in net run rate. UAE also have one win from three games. Canada, meanwhile, are yet to win a match after playing two games.

New Zealand and Canada have not faced each other even in T20Is. This will be the first time will be clashing with each other in this format.

New Zealand vs Canada ICC T20 World Cup 2026 Group D match 31 live streaming will be available on Jio Hotstar mobile app and website. It will also be live telecasted on Star Sports Network channels. The match has a scheduled start time of 11:00 AM Indian Standard Time (IST).

An important Group D clash awaits us at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, where New Zealand and Canada lock horns in an all-important game for both sides. Follow along for the real-time updates, live scores and more.