While breaking down India's defeat in Leeds, Nasser Hussain concurred with Ravi Shastri, an experienced Indian cricketer, who made the observation on television. As India fell five wickets behind in the five-match series, the former England captain not only criticized Shubman Gill's captaincy, which he thought was lacking the Virat Kohli-like aura, but also brought up the well-known 'Hardik Pandya' discussion.

Four years after their highest chase of 378, which was also against India, Nasser evaluated Gill's leadership on Sky Cricket after England easily chased down 371, their second-best chase at home.

With Rohit Sharma's retirement, Gill assumed the position, and the Leeds Test saw his debut. However, Gill believed that he lacked the same vibe as some of his predecessors, such as Kohli, with whom he is frequently contrasted.

I honestly believed that someone was simply making their way. In the first Test match, the individuals he took over from, Kohli and then Rohit Sharma, need to be handled with extreme caution. In comparison to the names I listed above, I didn't think he had the same kind of presence on the field. From the two prior names, you can immediately see who was in charge of India. From the press box, the commentary position, I looked below and noticed that there were many captains. In your early days as a leader, this might happen because senior players like Rishabh Pant and KL Rahul are still trying to help you out as much as they can. He seemed to follow the ball a lot, in my opinion. He said, "I believed he was reactive rather than proactive."

Nasser conceded that he was a bit taken aback that none of the seasoned players or Gill had spoken to Ravindra Jadeja, who did not bowl into the rough at Headingley on Day 5, which allowed the English hitters to easily approach the high target. The track, which was ideal for assisting the spinner and might have given India the victory, only yielded one wicket for 104 runs surrendered.

After seeing footage that Jadeja wasn't even throwing his pitches close to the rough zone, the seasoned England batter claimed that Shastri continued to discuss the incident in the commentary.

To visit such an experienced spinner, you might have a chat with Jadeja, maybe as a young captain, and say, "You know the rough is out there." Mark Butcher and Ravi Shastri are up there telling us to show them where that ball is pitching, and it wasn't at all in the rough. Ravi spoke somewhat slowly, with a wide, raw bowl. It surprised me that none of the captains or senior players approached Jadeja and asked, Can we go a little bit wider. However, Ravi is correct; they lost the game for two reasons that he was unable to influence, he continued.

"India requires a Hardik Pandya"

Nasser ignited the well-known debate about the team still lacking a seam bowling all-rounder of Hardik's caliber as he continued to evaluate India's defeat in the first Test.

Prior to handing over the responsibility to Shardul Thakur in Leeds, the team administration tried out Nitish Reddy in Australia, but neither was able to provide India with the ideal equilibrium.

The fact that India's lower order broke in both innings in Leeds, which was one of the reasons why the side lost by five wickets despite having five centuries during the game, led Nasser to make his statements.

"The poor slip cordon, catching, and collapses are things that India have done well in the last two or three years." I'm worried about that since India has consistently had amazing spin bowling all-rounders over the last ten years, but their lineup is lower. Axar Patel, Jadeja, Ashwin. They're still searching for that seam bowling all-rounder in England, like a Hardik Pandya, going back to Ravi's times, Kapil Dev, or whatever, that lower-order bowler who can bat. And if they continue to score, say, seven for forty-one and six for thirty or anything, the series may be over quickly. They must follow the order.

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