England players were seen practicing shadow on the pitch at London's Oval Stadium. In addition, team captain Ben Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum were also seen standing on the pitch with ground curator Lee Fortis. Curator Fortis Team was seen arguing with Gautam Gambhir Gautam Gambhir in protest.
On Tuesday, Fortis asked Gambhir to stay 2.5 meters away from the pitch. The angry Gambhir then began to argue and the curator was seen speaking. Now photos of English players standing on the pitch before the match are coming up on social media.
Oli Pope is practicing shadow on the pitch at the Oval. He will lead the team in the fifth Test.
Roots and pops were seen standing on the field Former England captain Joe Root Oval Stadium was seen hiring his bat in the air on the main pitch. The team's vice-captain Oli Pope was also wearing a pad with him. The pope was also seen standing on the pitch and hoisting his bat in the air.
Joe Root and Oli Pope from England standing on the field at The Oval on Wednesday.
The curator was standing on the field with a coach The dispute between Gautam Gambhir and curator Lee Fortis came to light on Tuesday morning. Then a photo of England coach Brendon McCullum came out in the afternoon. In which he was seen standing on the pitch with the curator. That is, Curator told Gambhir to stay away from the pitch, but did not say anything to the players and coaches in the home team.
Curator Lee Fortis (right) stands on the field with England coach Brendon McCullum (left).
What is the dispute between a serious and pitch curator? The team was practicing at India Stadium on Tuesday. Coach Gambhir tried to go to the pitch, but curator Lee Fortis stopped him from going near the pitch. The curator asked him to stand 2.5 meters away from the pitch. He became seriously angry and began to argue with the curator. Bowling coach Sitashu Kotak then took over the matter and took the curator away from serious.
Kotak said again at the press conference,
When the Indian support staff was bringing a snow box, Oval's chief curator Lee Fortis shouted at them. Gautam Gambhir, head coach of India, opposed this. Gambhir did not like the way to talk about the curator. Whatever the case, the oval curator is not considered a very simple person. India will not file any official complaint in this regard.
Gautam Gambhir is arguing with Lee Fortis.
Isn't it allowed to go to the field? The fourth Test match between India and England was played at Manchester's Old Trafford Stadium. The match was seen on a serious field two days before. In the bilateral range, the captain and the main coach of both teams are usually allowed to go to the field.
However, when trying to go on a serious pitch and it is wet, in that case the permission of it to go to the pitch can certainly be ruled out. At a press conference, Sitanshu Kotak did not say anything about the pitch was wet. In such a case, it is difficult to say that the pitch was wet while Gambhir was going on the pitch. Kotak certainly said that Gambhir wore ordinary shoes, which would not have damaged the pitch. Despite this, it was strange to refuse to allow him to go to the pitch.
Two days before the Manchester Test, India's head coach Gautam Gambhir (sitting) pitch was inspected.
The fifth Test will be played tomorrow The fifth and final Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy will be played at the Oval Stadium in London from July 31. England have won the first and third Test and took a 2-1 lead in the series. India won the second Test, while the fourth Test was a draw.
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