Kathmandu. Canada’s young batter Yuvraj Singh Samra is going to play the third edition of the Nepal Premier League (NPL). He has been signed by Pokhara Avengers.

Pokhara welcomed Samra to the team through social media and wrote, “Yuvraj Singh Samra is now associated with the Avengers. Welcome, Yuvraj. ’

19-year-old Samra is a left-handed opening batter. Known for his aggressive batting, he scored a historic century against New Zealand in the 2026 ICC T20 World Cup.

He scored 110 runs in 65 balls. With this, Yuvraj became the youngest player to score a century in the T20 World Cup.

He has scored 495 runs in 19 ODIs so far. During this, Yuvraj scored a century and three half-centuries. Similarly, he has scored 586 runs in 20 T20 Internationals. His highest score in T20 Internationals is 110 runs.

So far, Yuvraj has played the Global Canada League and the European T20 Premier League as a professional cricketer. The NPL will be his first as a foreign league.