'Crowd was trying to get under Virat Kohli’s skin a little bit' - Neil Wagner on Indian skipper's typical gestures

India were up against New Zealand in the Final of the World Test Championship at Southampton and lost the marquee game by eight wickets. Fans saw many moments that highlighted the showpiece event and one of them was Indian skipper Virat Kohli silencing the crowd. In the same light, NZ pacer Neil Wagner revealed the reason behind Kohli’s shush finger celebration.

The crowd has always been very overpowering in England and they can affect the game of the team in a negative or positive way. Touring teams have been affected big time while playing in English conditions. It was already being seen that Kohli and his men failed to take hold of the game. In the same line, Kohli is known to get energized in such situations and he came up with his typical gestures.

Virat Kohli kept giving them shush fingers: Neil Wagner

Wagner revealed that the English crowd started singing the famous Cranberries’ song ‘Zombie’ trying to get the better of the Indian captain. The crowd further attempted to encourage Devon Conway who was stepping up to get going in the game.

“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,” as quoted by Hindustan Times.

We suddenly started singing reckoned Wagner

Wagner stated further that all the Kiwi players started singing the song on the plane and in the changing room. He added that Tim Southee’s phone ringing further added in their motivation to carry up with their songs.

“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 further added.