News India Live, Digital Desk: Irfan Pathan’s Sharp Question: The recent hot debate with Oval’s pitch curator of Indian cricket team head coach Gautam Gambhir has created a big controversy. After this incident, former Indian all -rounder Irfan Pathan has raised the issue of ‘double standards’ and asked “Are we still living in the colonial era?”
The dispute began when the Indian team was practicing at the Oval before the fifth Test. The Oval’s Chief Curator, Li Fortis, allegedly asked the Indian allies to stand 2.5 meters away from the pitch. According to the Indian team’s batting coach Sitanshu Kotak, the curator’s behavior was “strange”, especially when the Indian players were wearing rubber spikes and not harming the ground. It was also reported that Fortis shouted at the collaborative staff on taking the ice box, which Gambhir objected.
According to Amar Ujala’s report, when there was a sharp debate between Fortis and Gambhir, Gambhir showed finger to Fortis, “You will not tell what we have to do, you are just a field worker and nothing more than that, on the other hand, Fortis also threatened Gambhir to complain to the match referee. The controversy over the incident was that the Indian Head Coach Brandan McCon was exhausted, the Indian Head coach was exempted, the Indian Heads A similar thing was banned for the team.
Expressing his anger on the social media platform X, Irfan Pathan wrote, “So can an English coach go to the ground to inspect the pitch? But not an Indian coach? Have we still stuck in the colonial age? This question has given air to anger and discussion among Indian cricket fans, in which many people are considering the behavior of British curator. Known for Tuntak Mizaji, the Indian team and cricket lovers hope that the incident will be given a brilliant performance on the field later.
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