India head coach Gautam Gambhir clashed Tuesday with ground staff at the Oval cricket stadium ahead of the final test match of an occasionally fractious series against England. England leads the series 2-1.

The first day of the fifth Test match between England and India at The Oval was badly disrupted by heavy rain and thunderstorms. England led 2-1 coming into the final game, with India needing victory to draw the series.

England took two early wickets in the fifth and deciding Test against India at the Oval on Thursday, with the tourists 72-2 when a downpour led to an early lunch on the opening day.

On the first day of the 5th and final test match at The Oval he entered a legendary list, as he surged to 737* runs and counting, overtaking Sunil Gavaskar’s 732-run haul against the West Indies in 1978/79.

India captain Shubman Gill hit back at The Oval’s head groundsman Lee Fortis after an altercation on the field during practice ahead of their fifth Test against England. India head coach Gautam Gambhir clashed with Fortis over India’s use of the square during their training session,

India’s red-ball captain Shubman Gill has publicly backed head coach Gautam Gambhir following a brief altercation with The Oval’s pitch curator, Lee Fortis, during a practice session ahead of the fifth and final Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy.