Leeds, June 24 -- Head coach Gautam Gambhir urged everyone to give India Test skipper Shubman Gill "time" after he kicked off his captaincy stint with a bitter five-wicket defeat against England in the series opener at Headingley.

Gill immersed himself in the harsh reality of the red-ball format. His era as India's Test captain began with the bitter taste of defeat despite seeing his side dominate the Three Lions for most of the contest.

India pulled the strings of the fixture midway through day four and looked in pole position to stamp its first victory at the venue since 2002. However, a tail-end collapse for the second time and a lesson in a chase by England left Gill and India on the wrong side of the result.

After Gill's era, with...