India, July 29 -- The Oval's chief curator, Lee Fortis, played down his heated argument with India head coach Gautam Gambhir ahead of the fifth and final Test match of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy starting Thursday. During India's practice session on Tuesday, Gambhir was seen having a verbal fight with Fortis, which required the intervention of India assistant coach Sitanshhu Kotak to douse the fire.

According to a PTI report, while walking from the field to his room after the argument with Gambhir, Oval curator Fortis said, "It's a big game, and he (Gambhir) is a bit touchy." But when a group of Indian journalists asked him to confirm this on camera, he denied it.

"No, I don't wanna say anything," Fortis said. "Quite a big game coming...