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Gambhir was involved in a heated conversation with the curator of Surrey while inspecting the oval tone
A day after a confrontation team with heating in the Oval, the curator of Surrey, Lee Fortis and Gautam Gambhir, were close to an interaction, since one of them kept professional things while the others left things hanging.
The batting coach of India, SitaShu Kotak, spoke about Wednesday, revealing that the Indians have been told to maintain a distance of 2.5 meters from the game surface while inspected, which led Gambhir to move his finger to Fortis.
Kotak said that none of the staff or players had used metal peaks that would have disturbed the launch and everyone had enough experience about the do and Don’s of examining a launch.
Gautam Gambhir ignores the oval tone curator before the fifth test
Before that, the Indian media staff asked Curtis for his side that he had witnessed everything. But he avoided his questions, mostly leaving his incomplete prayers.
On Thursday, one day before the fifth and final proof of the Anderson-Tendulkar trophy, Indian captain Shubman Gill told journalists that there was no need for a curator to make a scandal when he gave instructions to experienced professionals.
During the afternoon practice session of the same day, the Indian quartet of Gambhir, Gill, Kotak and the chief selector Ajit Agark were arguing when Fortis approached them.
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Gambhir completely ignored Fortis as he spoke with Kotak and the group moved a surface step away and continued his conversation.
There were not many words between Fortis and Kotak, which helped spread the situation on Wednesday.
Ben Stokes’s press conference was interrupted after the controversy question
The discussion about the bust continued when England’s coaches and players were allowed to step on the field with Fortis talking to Chief coach Brendon McCullum.
England captain Ben Stokes, who will miss the final test due to injury concerns, refused to comment on the subject since the press conference was abruptly reduced when a journalist asked him about it.
The entire series has been about verbal battles inside and outside the field, while maintaining the quality of ultra aggressive cryket. Despite the absence of a hard competitor like Stokes, the jokes between both sides could continue until the last day of the oval test, since none of the parties is looking to play for a draw.
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