The Oval Test presents Gautam Gambhir with a golden opportunity to prove he's the right man to lead India's next-gen Test team in the post-Rohit-Kohli era. With the series on the line, this could well be his defining red-ball moment.

India head coach Gautam Gambhir and Lee Fortis, the chief groundsman at The Oval, became involved in a heated exchange about which pitch should be used for practice.