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Sourav Ganguly has addressed the spat between Gambhir and Oval’s pitch curator, stating that such discussions are common.<\/h2>\n
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Gautam Gambhir in a heated exchange with pitch curator Lee Fortis (X\/PTI)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

Former India captain Sourav Ganguly has said that all coaches and skippers have discussions with the groundsmen and they aren\u2019t always sweet conversations, asking everyone not to make too much out of the spat, after a video of a fight between Gambhir and the pitch curator at the Oval went viral.<\/p>\n

Gambhir<\/a> was on Tuesday involved in a heated exchange of words with the Oval\u2019s chief curator, Lee Fortis and was heard telling him \u201cyou don\u2019t tell us what we need to do” while pointing fingers at the groundstaff.<\/p>\n

The Oval is hosting the fifth and final Test between India and England from Thursday and the Indian team has hit the ground running two days after staging a brilliant comeback to draw the fourth game in Manchester.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know why Gambhir was upset. I\u2019m sure all coaches and captains have discussions with the groundsmen, sometimes happily, sometimes unhappily. It\u2019s happened in my time, it\u2019s going to happen in future also,” Ganguly said while speaking to the media in Kolkata.<\/p>\n

Gambhir and batting coach Sitanshu Kotak were inspecting the central square at The Oval as Fortis, through a messenger, asked them to stay 2.5 metres away from the playing pitch.<\/p>\n

\u201cHonestly, one of the ground staff came and said that we were required to stand 2.5 metres from the wicket and \u2018go outside the rope and see the wicket\u2019. I have never seen something like that,” Kotak said while speaking to the media after the incident.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo complaint is needed for this,” Kotak added. He said that the Indian team members weren\u2019t wearing spikes, so there was no element of danger to the pitch.<\/p>\n

\u201cBefore this game, we had an idea that the curator isn\u2019t the easiest person to work with. Being possessive is good, but not so much. We had joggers on (and) not spikes, so there was no danger,” Kotak said.<\/p>\n

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