Most pitch curators are possessive about the main square of a cricket field, but the chief curator at The Oval, Lee Fortis, has taken the obsession to the next level.

Days after his heated exchange with Team India head coach Gautam Gambhir, which turned him into a villain among Indian cricketers and fans, Fortis cleared the air by saying that he was never a villain.

"Well, I was never the villain, I was made into one. Hope you guys enjoyed the show, and the atmosphere was like the IPL. It was a great game," Fortis said on a lighter note after a busy week at his Oval office.