India become first team to lose a Test despite five centurions

LEEDS, England, June 25 (AP): India had plenty to salute and regret after losing to England on Tuesday in its first Test in 14 years without retirees Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma or Ravichandran Ashwin.

India became the first side in first-class cricket, not just Tests, to score five centuries in a match and lose.

Until now, no side had suffered defeat with more than four individual hundreds - a feat last witnessed when Australia lost to England at the MCG in 1928.

Under new captain Shubman Gill, India's revamped side had England on the ropes at Headingley but didn't deliver knockout blows.

India, despite scoring 471 and 364, lost the five-test series opener by five wickets when England hunted down 371 runs into the last session.

It's only the second time in India's history it has lost a test while defending 350 plus. The other time? In 2022, when England reached 378-3 at Edgbaston in the first summer under coach Brendon McCullum and captain Ben Stokes.