The fifth India vs England Test match is going to be held at the Oval in England, there Gautam Gambhir was seen having an argument with the Oval ground staff, getting into a heated argument with the groundsman Lee Fortis, the groundsman Lee Fortis said “You can’t see the pitch, stay at least 2.5M away from the pitch.”
On the other hand, coach Gautam Gambhir said “You are just a groundsman, you don’t have to tell me what to do, you are nothing more than a groundsman” and Gautam Gambhir said that by raising his finger, so that scene went viral on social media.
A surprising moment was when the Oval groundsman did not object to England coach Brendon McCullum and ECB director Rob Key inspecting the pitch, allowing them to inspect it very well, even imposing restrictions on the Indian one-and-a-half.
Sitanshu Kotak tried to quell their argument, saying “We were in joggers and jerseys, so we are definitely members of the Indian team, not outsiders.” He also said that groundsman Lee Fortis is a little more protective of the pitch than India, while England cricket management is giving all kinds of benefits, and said that till date no one has treated us like we did at the Oval, I just want to tell groundsman Lee Fortis that “that cricket ground is not an antique piece.”
Coach Sitanshu Kotak was asked about the whole incident at the press conference, “He said it didn’t need to happen. I don’t understand why the groundsman Lee Fortis was so overprotective. But at the end of the day, I will say this: it’s not an antique piece of cricket pitch that’s going to break or anything.”
