In the one day international between England and India at Lord’s on 19.07.2026, England batmen posted three figure partnerships for the first two wickets. India also posted three figure partnerships for the first two wickets in its innings. This provides the second occasion in the history of one day internationals rival team’s batsmen posting three figure partnerships for the first two wickets. The first such occasion was in the one day international between India and Australia at Rajkot on 15.12.2009. It also provides the first such occasion at Lord’s-Mecca of Cricket. It is interesting to note that India is one of the teams in these two occasions.