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Somak Adhikari
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Six Indian captains have lost their first Test in charge in the nation's 93-year history on the international stage.
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Three of them have done it in this century alone.
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Gill lost his first Test as captain to England by five wickets in Leeds in 2025.
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Under Bumrah's leadership for the first time in whites, India went down to England by seven wickets in Birmingham in 2022.
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Kohli's first Test at the helm ended in a 48-run defeat for India against Australia in Adelaide in 2014.
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West Indies inflicted a five-wicket loss on India in Vengsarkar's first Test as skipper in Delhi in 1987.
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India lost by an innings and 30 runs on Pataudi's Test captaincy debut to West Indies in Barbados in 1962.
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Nayudu was skipper in India's first-ever Test which they lost to England by 158 runs at Lord's in 1932.
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