Archive · 20 Aug 2026
India Wins Lord’s Finale, Recreates Ganguly’s Iconic Celebration
India’s mixed-disability cricket team played England in the last match of a seven-game series.
India scored 206 runs while losing four wickets.
Arjun Gawre and captain Majid Magray scored many of those runs.
India then bowled England out for 88 runs.
Hilal Ahmad Wani and Jayesh Parmar took most of India’s wickets.
India won the final match by 118 runs.
England still won the whole series by four matches to three.
After the game, India’s players and officials celebrated on the Lord’s balcony.
Their celebration reminded people of Sourav Ganguly waving his shirt there after India’s 2002 win over England.
India defeated England by 118 runs in the seventh and final T20I at Lord’s.
India scored 206 for four, led by Arjun Gawre’s 68 and Majid Magray’s unbeaten 63.
Hilal Ahmad Wani took four wickets for 21 runs, while Jayesh Parmar claimed three for 14.
England was bowled out for 88, but still won the seven-match series 4-3.
Indian players and officials celebrated on the Lord’s balcony by removing blazers and recreating Sourav Ganguly’s famous shirt-waving moment.
- Who
- India’s mixed-disability cricket team and England’s team; the celebration referenced former India captain Sourav Ganguly.
- What
- India defeated England by 118 runs in the final T20I, while England won the seven-match series 4-3.
- When
- Wednesday, in the seventh and final match of the series.
- Where
- Lord’s Cricket Ground and its balcony in London.
- Why
- India celebrated its consolation victory by recreating Ganguly’s famous Lord’s balcony celebration from the 2002 NatWest Trophy final.
India’s Final-Match Victory
England’s Series Success
How the result is viewed
India’s Final-Match Victory
India’s perspective is centered on a dominant 118-run victory in the final T20I and a memorable celebration at Lord’s.
England’s Series Success
England’s perspective is that, despite losing the finale, it successfully won the overall seven-match series 4-3.
Reaction to the finale
India’s Final-Match Victory
India’s performance, including 206 for four and England’s dismissal for 88, made the final match a major success for the visiting team.
England’s Series Success
England captain Callum Flynn said India were too good on the day but said his team could be happy to have won the series.
- Match result
- India beat England by 118 runs.
- Series result
- England won the seven-match series 4-3.
- India’s score
- 206 for four, described by one report as India’s highest total of the series.
- England’s score
- 88 all out.
- Top Indian scorers
- Arjun Gawre scored 68 off 44 balls, and Majid Magray made 63 not out off 19 balls.
- Leading Indian bowlers
- Hilal Ahmad Wani took 4/21 and Jayesh Parmar took 3/14.
- Celebration
- Players and officials removed blazers on the Lord’s balcony and celebrated with the Tricolour; one report also said two members removed their shirts.
- Team format
- The mixed-disability format includes players with physical, hearing and learning impairments.
Sources
Indian Mixed Disability Team Recreates Ganguly's Iconic Celebration At Lord's
WATCH | India’s mixed disability team recreates Ganguly’s iconic Lord’s celebration
Sourav Ganguly Flashback At Lord’s! Indian Mixed Disability Team Recreates Iconic Celebration
