India, June 25 -- Shubman Gill's tenure as Test captain failed to get off to a winning start. India lost by five wickets in Leeds despite witnessing five centuries during the opening game against England. It was India's seventh defeat in the last 12 Test matches and third in a row, as the side went 0-1 down in the five-game series against the Ben Stokes-led side.

While the criticism was mostly around the batting collapse across the two innings and Jasprit Bumrah finding not much support from his fellow quicks, former India captain Sunil Gavaskar reckoned India's loss was purely down to below-par fielding.

The dropped catches did find a mention across the five days of action, but Gavaskar, speaking to Sony Sports, fumed at the fielding e...