India's skipper, Shubman Gill, acknowledged that the team's five-wicket loss to England in the first Test match in Leeds on Tuesday was a direct result of their lower-order collapse in both innings.

India failed to reach higher totals in both innings and also lost important catches, even though vice-captain Rishabh Pant scored hundreds in each of the first two Test matches, and other important batsmen, including openers KL Rahul, Yashasvi Jaiswal, and Gill himself, hit their tons.

This is the first time in Indian cricket history that a team has lost a Test match after its hitters have each struck five hundreds.

India collapsed from 430/3 in the first innings to 471, losing seven wickets for 41 runs, and in the second, they crumbled to 364 all-out from 333 for 4, losing six wickets for 31 runs.

“It was a brilliant Test match. We had our chances, we dropped catches, and our lower-order didn't contribute enough, but proud of the team and overall, a good effort. Yesterday, we were thinking around 430 odd and declared, but we lost six wickets for 25 runs (31).

Unfortunately, we didn't score runs at the end, which always makes it difficult. (It) just didn't go our way in this match.” “That (lower-order contribution) was something we spoke about. (But) it (collapses) happened so quickly. (It) could be one of those things we have to rectify in the upcoming matches,” Gill said during the post-match presentation ceremony.

Following a series of missed catches throughout the game, Gill defended his players by claiming that they are a "young team." Just Jaiswal missed four catches.

“Definitely, chances don't come easy on wickets like these. It's a young team (a) learning one, and hopefully, we will be able to improve on those aspects. (In) In the first session, we were quite spot on and didn't give away many runs. It's hard to stop the runs once the ball softens. Unfortunately, some edges didn't go our way. They took their chances after the ball got old. That happens in a game of cricket. You expect that everything won't go your way,” Shubman Gill added.

On being asked about Jasprit Bumrah, the India captain confirmed there is a long break for the second Test — starting in Birmingham on July 2 — and the team will take a call then.

“It's definitely more game by game. Once we are close to the match, we will see,” he said on Bumrah's availability.

The second Test will begin in Birmingham on July 2.

(PTI inputs)