Ex-cricketer Irfan Pathan defended criticising GT for employing bodyline tactics against Vaibhav Sooryavanshi. "Watching [him] bat is like watching my son bat...Seeing him get hit on head made me worried and my thought went to Phillip Hughes...Of course...if you play at this level you'll be tested," he added. Notably, Hughes died in 2014 after being hit by a bouncer.