Heated argument? Gautam Gambhir points fingers at Fortis

WEB DESK: Shortly after arriving in London on Tuesday after a remarkable performance in fourth test in Manchester, India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir was  seen in a heated dispute with the chief curator of the Oval, Lee Fortis.

The clash happened reportedly due to Gambhir pointing his finger towards Fortis and furiously saying, “You don’t tell us what to do.” Lee was unhappy with India using the majority of the main square for their training session and felt that pitch curators are “overprotective” and “possessive” about the square and the ground. 

India’s assistant coach, Sitanshu Kotak, claimed that the build-up to the incident began when they were told to stand 2.5 meters away from the crease.

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“When we were looking at the pitch. They had sent a man to send a message for us to stay 2.5 m away from the pitch. This was a little surprising. We were wearing joggers. It was quite awkward. We know curators are a little overprotective and possessive about the square and the ground. What he said about the head coach is his opinion, and I don’t want to comment,” Kotak told reporters in the post-match press conference.

He confirmed that India won’t push for a complaint against Lee. He said that most of the team knows that the curator is not the easiest person to get on with and that gives a lot of answers and did not think there is any point in complaining.

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Kotak also referred to Gambhir as a “touchy guy” and chose to keep quiet about the remainder of the issue. “It is quite a big game coming up. It is not my job to be happy with him (Gautam Gambhir) or not. I have never met him before today. You saw what he was like this morning. It’s okay, I am fine. We have nothing to hide,” he said while speaking to reporters.