Canada cruises to comfortable win over Bermuda at ICC Men's T20 World Cup qualifier

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KING CITY -- Opener Yuvraj Samra scored 65 runs to help Canada defeat Bermuda by 110 runs in its opening match Sunday at the Americas Qualifier for the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026.

The Canadian men face the Bahamas, Bermuda and Cayman Islands in an eight-day double round-robin format that will see the group winner advance to next year's ICC Men's T20 World Cup.

Canada made its T20 World Cup debut last year, failing to advance out of the group stage after beating Ireland and losing to Pakistan and the co-host U.S. A game against India was abandoned due to inclement weather.

"I would feel like half of the job is done," Canada captain Nicolas Kirton said prior to Sunday's match. "We went to our first T20 World Cup last year and played some good cricket and got a win against Ireland. The goal for this team is to improve on that."