After Australia captain Tim Paine teased Rishabh Pant over his exclusion from India ODI squad by saying he should join Hobart Hurricanes, cricketer-turned-commentator Russel Arnold tweeted, "Am thinking Paine would ask Pant for a Delhi contract in private even though he offered a Hobart contract for the world to hear." Paine also asked Pant if he could babysit his children.