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England players were seen practicing shadow on the pitch of The Oval Stadium in London. Not only this, team captain Ben Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum were also seen standing on the pitch with the ground curator Lee Fortis. Curator Fortis was seen arguing with Team India head coach Gautam Gambhir to protest this.
Fortis on Tuesday asked Gambhir to stay 2.5 meters away from the pitch. After which, angry Gambhir started a debate and was seen abusing the curator. Now before the match, photos of English players standing on the pitch are coming out on social media.

Oli Pope practicing shadow on The Oval pitch. He will captain the team in the fifth Test.
Route and Pope were seen standing on the pitch Former England captain Joe Root was seen waving the bat in the air on the main pitch of the Oval Stadium. Along with him, the team vice -captain Oli Pope was also seen wearing pads. The Pope also again stood on the pitch and waving bat in the air.

Joe Root and Oli Pope of England standing on Wednesday on The Oval pitch.
Curator was standing on the pitch with the coach The dispute between Gautam Gambhir and Curator Lee Fortis emerged on Tuesday morning. After which a photo of England coach Brendon McCullum surfaced in the afternoon. In which he was seen standing on the pitch with the curator. That is, the curator asked Gambhir to stay away from the pitch, but did not say anything to the players and coaches of the home team.

Curator Lee Fortis (right) standing on the pitch with England coach Brendon McCullum (left).
What is a serious and pitch curator dispute? Team was practicing at India Stadium on Tuesday. The coach started trying to go on the serious pitch, when Curator Lee Fortis refused to get close to the pitch. The curator said that they should stand 2.5 meters away from the pitch. This became serious anger and started arguing with the curator. Bowling coach Sitanshu Kotak again took over the case and took the curator away from the serious.

Gautam Gambhir arguing with ground curator Lee Fortis (long)
Kotak again said in the press conference,
When the Indian support staff was bringing the ice box, Oval’s Chief Curator Lee Fortis shouted at him. India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir objected to this matter. Gambhir did not like the way the curator was talking. Anyway, the oval curator is not considered a very comfortable person. India will not file any official complaint regarding the matter.

Gautam Gambhir arguing with Lee Fortis.
Is there no permission to go on the pitch? The fourth Test between India and England was played at the Old Trafford Stadium in Manchester. 2 days before this match, he was seen standing on a serious pitch. In the bilateral series, the captains and head coaches of both teams are usually permission to go on the pitch. They just have to take care that their shoes should not be with pointed spikes.
However, when trying to go on a serious pitch and then it is wet, they may be forbidden to go on the pitch in that condition. At the press conference, Sitanshu Kotak did not say anything about the pitch being wet. In such a situation, it is also difficult to say that when Gambhir was going on the pitch, she was wet. Kotak definitely said that Gambhir wore normal shoes, which does not harm the pitch. Despite this, it was strange to refuse to go on the pitch.

India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir (sitting), watching the pitch 2 days before the Manchester Test.
Fifth test will be played from tomorrow The fifth and last Test of Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy will be played from 31 July at The Oval Stadium in London. England have taken a 2–1 lead in the series by winning the first and third Tests. India won the second Test, while the fourth Test was drawn.
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