Shubman Gill's tenure as the Indian Test captain begun with a five-wicket defeat against England at Headingley in Leeds.

Gill, who was handed the Test captaincy after Rohit Sharma’s retirement last month, slammed a brilliant hundred in his maiden assignment. While he managed to pass the batting test, the loss at Headingley kept him under the scanner.

Gill’s captaincy was labelled as defensive by many, while some experts felt that he lacked authority in his first match as skipper.

Indian bowlers and fielders also let the team down as the hosts chased down a massive target of 371 runs to claim a 1-0 lead in the five-match series. The visitors dropped as many as eight catches, including four by Yashasvi Jaiswal.

Reflecting on the outcome, former Australia cricketer Brad Haddin said the Indian players need a change in attitude, as far as their fielding is concerned.

Haddin mentioned that all the great teams in the past have had one thing in common -- they were all high quality fielding sides.

"Every great team, no matter what year you're playing, the one stand out feature they've always had is that they've been a great fielding team. And I think that is one legacy Gill has start to leave now on this team. He needs an attitude adjustment. If you want to field well and compete the whole time, it's only attitude. You can do all your technical work off the field and have as many coaches as anyone, but it won't matter. Even in the IPL this year, the catching was horrible. And that could be a byproduct," Haddin said on the LiSTNR Sport podcast.

While stressing the importance of fielding, Haddin brought 14-year-old batting sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi into the conversation. He suggested that if Suryavanshi wants to establish his name, he would have to work on his fielding.

"Take the young kid [Vaibhav Suryavanshi] from Rajasthan for example. Everyone is talking about how well he batted, and it was unbelievable. But if you're going to be a great player, he's got to work on his fielding, his presence in the game. The one thing I would say to India is find a way to be the best fielding team in the world because you got the talent everywhere else," he added.

Haddin also shared his thoughts on India's twin batting collapses in the opening Test. Despite batters slamming five centuries, their first and second innings folded for 471 and 364, respectively.

"What hasn't happened for the first time is India's batting collapse. There's a lot of pressure on that top order. If you get through them, they will run through the remaining," he remarked.

India will be eyeing a series-leveling win in the second Test, slated to be held at Edgbaston in Birmingham from July 2.