Cricket and sledging go hand in hand. Many players have faced it on the fields. Even fans too sometimes comment on the players which don’t go down well with them. And, the recently concluded World Test Championship (WTC) final was no different where Virat Kohli and India have faced similar things and  New Zealand pacer Neil Wagner has revealed it as well.

The pace bowler has disclosed the meaning behind Kohli’s ‘shush finger’ celebrations in the game in Southampton. While speaking during a press conference, Wagner shared that the crowd was trying to get under Virat Kohli’s skin by singing, ‘In your head Kohli, in your head,’ which was the tune of the famous Cranberries song ‘Zombie’ as well and they had prepared it for their opener, Devon Conway.

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“Yes, the crowd started singing Zombie… They were singing, ‘In your head Kohli, in your head Kohli, Kohli.’ So they were trying to get under Kohli’s skin a little bit and Kohli kept giving it around, giving them the shush fingers. Then there’s a song going to Devon Conway sort of as a way of support, they started singing to him,” he said.

Neil Wagner further added: “And in the changing room, and even on the plane, we suddenly started singing… I think Tim Southee had his phone out and Zombie started playing on his phone and everyone sort of laughed and started singing along the song a little bit,” he said.

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However, he claimed three wickets in the WTC Final, two came in the first and one in the second innings as well. Meanwhile India’s both batting and bowling unit failed miserably barring a few players. New Zealand eventually won the final convincingly by eight wickets in hand in Southampton to emerge winner of the inaugural edition of the World Test Championship as well. India will now play a five-match Test series against England in August.