Lee Fortis finally spoke about his fight with Gautam Gambhir during the Test match. Oval Curator breaks silence after India-England Test to tell his side of the story. The pitch expert felt really bad about how people saw him after that incident.
Fortis works as the chief curator at the famous Oval cricket ground in London. He takes care of the pitch and makes sure it’s ready for matches. But things got heated between him and India’s head coach before the game started.
The whole argument was about ground staff staying away from the pitch area. Gambhir wanted them to keep their distance while his players were practicing there.
What Really Happened That Day
Gambhir got angry with Fortis about something related to the pitch. The Indian coach made some comments that upset the ground curator badly. Fortis said Gambhir was being “tetchy” about the whole situation that morning.
“Well, I was never the villain; I was made to look like one. Hope you all enjoyed the spectacle. The atmosphere was like the IPL, and it was a fantastic game,” Fortis said.
The curator was just trying to do his job properly, like always. He wanted to prepare a good playing surface for both teams. But the argument made him look like the bad guy somehow.
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Oval Curator breaks silence after India-England Test because he felt misunderstood by everyone. Fortis has won awards for his pitch-making skills many times before. He never meant to cause any problems for the Indian team.
Great Match Despite The Drama
The pitch actually worked out really well for the exciting five-day match. Both batsmen and bowlers found ways to succeed on Fortis’s playing surface. Mohammed Siraj bowled brilliantly on the final day using the old ball.
India won by just six runs in one of the closest finishes ever. The crowd atmosphere felt like an IPL match, according to Fortis himself.
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Oval Curator breaks silence after India-England Test to say he loves cricket passionately. He just wants to create memorable matches for fans around the world.
