Chief coach Gautam Gambhir showed that no one would point to anyone after India lost the first test of the series of five matches against England in Leeds. India dropped on the fifth day after England was chasing 371 with relative easeHe scripted their second highest successful run of the chase in test history.
For India, this was the case of several missed opportunities. In the first shifts, the last seven goals lost only 41 runs. A similar collapse followed in the second shift, with the last six goals fell on 32 runs. In the field, India was equally shabby and dropped a total of eight catches – six of them only in the first shifts. No team has remained in England in England in England. Missed chances in the field cost India more than 200 runs.
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India also paid the price for lack of support from the championships around Jasprit Bumrah. While Bumrah raised five goals in the first shifts, his efforts lasted reasonable support for the rest of the attack.
When he spoke to the press after the defeat, Gambhir said he did not blame individuals for dropping. Yashasvi Jaiswal got under controlHow a young opener – who scored the century in the first shifts – also stored four chances in the field.
“Catches have fallen. The best catches in the world. It’s not as if someone intentionally dropped them,” Gambhir said.
Batting disappoints disappointment: Gambhir
He also acknowledged that the bats were disappointed in both shifts. The head coach, however, insisted that it was not due to lack of effort, and promised to improve in the remaining part of the series.
“Yes, it was disappointing from the launch point of view. I think we lost seven goals in the first shifts. In the second shift we lost six goals for 30 odd runs. We had the opportunity to promote 600 in the first shifts. We could control.
“It is not that they would not be used. Sometimes people have failed. And they are more disappointed than anyone else. They also knew we missed the occasion as we mentioned. In the first shifts we could have 570-580.
“It’s not as if they haven’t worked hard in networks. Sometimes our supreme order dough fails.
“I’m not going to sit here and someone who would be out or not to say that we lost because the tail could not contribute. We are losing together, winning together.”
The young Indian party also takes several positives from the introductory test. Captain Shaubman Gill performed with the century, while Vice President Rishabh Pant became the first Indian brašn batter to score a hundred hundred in the test match. Yashasvi Jaiswal and Kl Rahul also hit the century in the first and second shift.
“Every defeat is painful – it doesn’t matter if it’s a young team or experienced. It’s an Indian team. This is not an excuse for loss because we represent 140 crore Indians,” Gambhir said.
India will now have more than a week to recover and prepare for a second test that starts on July 2 in Birmingham.
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Published:
Akshay Ramesh
Published on:
June 25, 2025
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