The spicy spats that have increasingly been a feature in the England‑India Tests this summer spilled over to training on Tuesday when the tourists’ head coach, Gautam Gambhir, had a row with Lee Fortis, Surrey’s head groundkeeper, as his team prepared for the final Test of the series starting on Thursday at the Oval.
England were enjoying a break but, with the series still to be decided and India 2-1 down after their fightback at Old Trafford, the visitors’ work in the nets was far from straightforward as tensions surfaced in angry exchanges.
