IND vs Eng | ‘Don’t understand what was the nuisance’: Shubman Gill broke the silence on the oval on the Gautam Gambhir-Quurator Spat. Cricket news
Timesofindia.com in London: On the eve of the high-day fifth and final test in the oval, India’s captain Shubman Gill broke his silence on the controversy involving head coach Gautam Gambhir and Oval’s chief curator Lee Fortis, called the incident “surprising” and questioned the curator’s conduct.Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!The incident occurred during India’s training session on Tuesday, where Fortis allegedly directed Indian assistant employees to stay at least 2.5 meters away from the pitch. This instruction allegedly angered Gambhir, who fired back, “You don’t tell any of us what we need to do, you have no right to tell us, you are just a groundman, nothing beyond.” Batting coach Satanshu Kotak increased the conflict before intervening to spread the situation.
Addressing the media on Wednesday, Gill said, “No such instructions – we have played four matches and no one has given us any instructions. We have played cricket and I do not understand what the nuisance was.”
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Gill further questioned the curator’s sanctions, especially about the team’s regular pitch inspections. “We have been playing for so long. We can see the pitch wearing rubber spikes or barefoot. I don’t know why the curator did not allow it.”England captain Ben Stokes, who was excluded from the final test due to a shoulder injury, offered a response when asked about the incident: “I don’t know, I was not here.”While the Stokes would not be involved in the closing of the series, he targeted the demand scheduling, citing uneven gaps between tests. “The gap between the games could have been better. There were 8-9 days interval between matches and then 3-4 days,” he said. Gill echoed the toll, which the series has taken, “Can’t miss a series, where four games were gone until the last session.”With away from the field and the series is still alive on 2–1 in favor of England, the oval test promises to be a suitable end for a fierce and drama-filled competition.
