India, July 30 -- India captain Shubman Gill did not hold back in expressing his dismay at the Surrey chief curator, Lee Fortis, not allowing the Indian team to inspect the Oval pitch from close quarters. Fortis reportedly instructed the Indian team members to maintain a minimum of 2.5-metre distance from the main pitch, which surprised the coaching staff. Despite them wearing jogger shoes, which have very little chance of causing any harm to the pitch, the Indian coaching staff were not allowed to inspect the pitch. On top of that, India batting coach Sitanshu Kotak said Curtis spoke rudely to one of India's support staff for keeping a cooling box close to the main area. This irked head coach Gambhir, who then exploded into an argument w...
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