England will face India in the fifth test in London on July 31.
Gone were the days when the jokes were something that used to happen only during a game. The Anderson-Tendulkar trophy has brought jokes to another level. The chief coach of India, Gautam Gambhir, was involved in a verbal dispute with the curator in the Oval, Lee Fortis. The incident occurred when visitors reached a practice session at the scene. The final fifth of the series will be played from July 31 in London. The hosts were forced to hold on to their leadership of 2-1, after India released a draw from the jaws of defeat in Old Trafford.
In a recent development, some more details about the incident have reached the forefront. According to Revsportz, the English chief coach Brendon McCullum and Rob Key inspected the field shortly before the Indians. Everything came normal and the curator had no problem with that. But just when visitors wanted to inspect the Wickt, Fortis said they maintain a distance of 2.5 meters from the Wickt. It is not possible to inspect the field from such a long distance and that is what caused the debate between Gambhir and Fortis.
How the events between Gautam Gambhir and Lee Fortis occurred
There has been a lot of speculation that England has different standards for its own team against visitors. In addition, it has been reported that the curator, Lee Fortis, has a history of rude behavior against visiting teams. However, on the morning of July 29, things took a different turn. Indian coach Gautam Gambhir was seen involving a verbal dispute with the curator after his behavior was partial towards the hosts.
The Indian batting coach, Sitanshu Kotak, then explained at the press conference that the criteria of being 2.5 meters away while inspecting the field was something they first experienced in all their Cricket races. He also emphasized that it is impossible to study the tone from that distance. In addition, some photos that were taking the rounds on social networks showed that Fortis and McCullum were standing in the middle of the same launch during the 2023 Ashes series. In addition, the chief coach of England had just completed the inspection a few minutes ago before the Indian personnel arrived there. And they were not instructed with such criteria.
After these differences, according to the reports, Fortis shouted a member of the Indian support personnel who was receiving an ice box. The usual weight of an ice box is not close to causing any square damage around the field. That is why that reaction of Fortis felt very hard for the Indians. After this, Gambhir returned it to Fortis, since the two were involved in a verbal argument on the matter. Later, Kotak mentioned that Gambhir did the right thing defending his children because he was forced to a point where he had to react.
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