"BCCI should drop Gautam Gambhir"- Fans express anger as India face a five-wicket loss to England in the Headingley test

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Published at :June 25, 2025 at 12:11 AM

Modified at :June 25, 2025 at 12:12 AM

(Courtesy : BCCI)

England beat India by five wickets at Headingley in Leeds to go 1-0 up in series.

The England Cricket Team started the five-match test series against the Indian Cricket Team on a high. They completed a magnificent five-wicket win at Headingly in Leeds and took a 1-0 lead in the Anderson-Tendulkar trophy.

England, who bowled first, didn’t have a great start to the game as not much went their way in the first innings. India had three centurions in Yashasvi Jaiswal (101), Shubman Gill (147) and Rishabh Pant (134), who helped their team post a massive total of 471 runs on the board.

However, England showed a great fightback with the bat in their first innings. Ollie Pope (106) hit a stupendous ton, while a 99-run knock by Harry Brook put India on the back foot. Although they couldn’t go past India’s total, thanks to a fifer by Jasprit Bumrah, they came very close, scoring 465 runs.

With a lead of just six runs, India had another great outing with the bat. KL Rahul (137) hit a brilliant ton and got great support from Rishabh Pant (118), who slammed his second ton of the game. However, like the first innings, the visitors lost the last few wickets quickly, managing 364 runs, which set a target of 371 runs.

England were brilliant with the bat in the chase. Openers Zak Crawley (65) and Ben Duckett (149) set the platform with their 188-run opening stand. The left-hander, in particular, batted aggressively and outplayed the opposition with his magnificent innings.

India kept taking wickets at regular intervals, but they couldn’t contain the run flow. Joe Root (53*) and Jamie Smith (44*) held the fort in the end as England chased the target with five wickets in hand.

Fans react as India fail to defend the target of 371 runs against England in Leeds

As India failed to win the game despite setting a mammoth target of 371 runs, fans on Twitter reacted to the result. They lashed out at the Shubman Gill-led side for their poor bowling and fielding effort, giving some angry reactions:

Gautam Gambhir will be remembered as the weakest Coach of team India.He is worst than Greg Chappell. pic.twitter.com/2w9IGe0HQG
— Ctrl C Ctrl Memes (@Ctrlmemes_) June 24, 2025

BCCI should have dropped Gautam Gambhir from test Coaching but BCCI forced Virat Kohli,Ravi Ashwin and Rohit Sharma retirement.He is pathetic as a test coach, lost to New Zealand in home, against Australia now in England. pic.twitter.com/l23mOhHmC1
— Sujeet Suman (@sujeetsuman1991) June 24, 2025

lost the test match despite scoring 5 centuries, welcome to the gautam gambhir era🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/uqI0fMmNsq
— sir jacob bethell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (@bet_helll) June 24, 2025

•Losing in ENG- "Transition phase"•Lost BGT- "Senior players should retire"•Lost home series vs NZ- "Allowed in 12 years"Gambhir era not holding back 🥵 pic.twitter.com/SpxzXdAv2O
— TukTuk Academy (@TukTuk_Academy) June 24, 2025

but don't be too harsh on Jadeja, he's still learning, still learning to bat with tailenders, still learning to perform outside India, still learning to win a match on his own, overseas.
— Pallavi Anand (@PallaviSAnand) June 24, 2025

5 centuries laga ke bhi haar gaye, clapping 👏
— Sushant Mehta (@SushantNMehta) June 24, 2025

Defeat not much of an issue really, not many expected big results on this tour but after having the opportunities that India had at various times in the match, this is a massive miss.Would have been huge for the group to get a win here but they only have themselves to blame.
— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh) June 24, 2025

This is an inexperienced Indian side. The road ahead is not an easy one. But better keep faith in a set of players and hope that they will improve.The player on the bench needn't be better. General comment.
— Bharath Ramaraj (@Fancricket12) June 24, 2025

Two late order collapses & Drop catches —- Others apart from Bumrah there is a issue from S Africa 2021-22 to Birmingham 22 to NZL last year after that BGT and now Headingley our bowling not able to pick 20 wickets #INDvsENG
— Rohit Juglan (@rohitjuglan) June 24, 2025

Test cricket at its finest – intense, challenging and unforgiving. Five days of a high-quality game and a result that could’ve gone either way! Our young team showed fight and belief, the kind that wins you games in the long run. Fell short, but far from done! The series is still…
— Yuvraj Singh (@YUVSTRONG12) June 24, 2025

So Team India didn't miss Virat and Rohit with the bat but they missed the aggression and seriousness of Virat to unleash hell out there on final day. And team india missed the tactical acumen of Rohit captaincy to navigate and choose better bowlers to win the Test. Agree or…
— G. S. Vivek (@GSV1980) June 24, 2025

Test cricket!💥All said and done, this has been a fantastic Test. And team India has fought well despite missing big names and big chances… if this is the way to go in the new era under Shubman Gill, sign me up! #EngvInd
— Chetan Narula (@chetannarula) June 24, 2025

The tactical decline of the Indian team is so obvious it's sad. Gautam Gambhir has now just won 3/11 Tests as a head coach — 2 against Bangladesh and 1 in Perth. The captain has been changed, an assistant coach sacked… it's only a matter of time when the buck stops on him.
— Rudransh Khurana (@rudraaaansh) June 24, 2025

Rohit Sharma and Rahul Dravid. These guys took charge of India against the politics of Virat Kohli and all the PR. Ended the drought of ICC trophies after 13 long years. And they were ripped apart for losing a test series with young lads. All the neutrals and experts have… pic.twitter.com/fHwMuFIAHY
— ANSHUMAN🚩 (@AvengerReturns) June 24, 2025

Going by the Australia precedent, India could take all the wrong lessons from this defeat and pad up their lower-order batting even more at the cost of their bowling.
— Karthik Krishnaswamy (@the_kk) June 24, 2025

When India were 0-1 down vs England at home last year, two players who played key roles in turning things around were Dhruv Jurel and Kuldeep Yadav. The conditions might be completely different here but bringing back at least one of them, if not both, is the need of the hour.
— Rohit Yadav (@cricrohit) June 24, 2025

Am sorry to say tired of this India is a young side. Except debutant in Sai Sudharsan, everyone else has played for a minimum three to four years! #cricket #Testcricket #ENGvIND #ENGvsIND
— Chandresh Narayanan (@chand2579) June 24, 2025

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