It was a rough beginning for captain Shubman Gill as India lost the first Test against England despite dominating for the majority of the match. Indian batters scored five centuries in the Test, but England chased down a 371-run target, scoring 350 on Day 5. The result drew sharp scrutiny from former England captain Nasser Hussain, who expressed concerns over Gill’s on-field leadership and tactical decisions.

"I thought I saw someone just finding his way, honestly. You've got to be very careful in the first Test match, the people he's taken over from-Kohli, and then Rohit Sharma. I thought he didn't quite have that on-field aura as the names I mentioned there. You look down on those two previous names, and you immediately see who was in charge of India," Hussain said on Sky Sports.

Hussain also noted that it was not Gill alone who was leading Team India. He said there appeared to be a captaincy committee in place, with senior cricketers like KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant stepping in to support him.

"I looked down from the press box, the commentary position, there were a lot of captains; it was a bit captaincy by committee, which can happen in your early days as a leader because you're still [being helped by] senior players like Rishabh Pant and KL Rahul who want to try and help you out as much as possible. I thought he followed the ball a lot. I thought he was reactive as opposed to proactive," he said.

Hussain also questioned Gill's use of left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja and suggested Gill could have been more assertive in guiding his senior spinner.

"A word with Jadeja, maybe as a young captain, to go to such an experienced spinner, and go, you do know the rough is out there. Ravi Shastri and Mark Butcher are up there, going, show us where that ball is pitching, and it was pitching nowhere near the rough," Hussain explained.

He also pointed to a lack of on-field communication that resulted in the failure of key bowling strategies.

"Ravi was saying, a bit slow, a bit wide, bowl in the rough. I was surprised that not one of the senior players or captains went to Jadeja and said, can we go a little bit wider. But Ravi's right, they lost the game for two things that he couldn't control," he added.