Team India lost the first Test against England in Leeds. After that, Shubman Gill’s captaincy faced criticisms. While they scored five centuries, their fielding and bowling cost them the game. Former Australia wicketkeeper-batter Brad Haddin feels the Indian players need a change in attitude, including captain Shubman Gill.

“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.

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While talking about the importance of fielding, Haddin cited 14-year-old batting sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi. He suggested that if Suryavanshi wants to become a great player, he would have to improve on his fielding as well.

“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.

“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,” Brad Haddin concluded.