Kolkata: Former India cricket captain Sourav Ganguly on Thursday compared present Test skipper Virat Kohli's passion and aggression to that of Argentine football legend Diego Maradona.

"Maradona is one of my favourite sportspersons and everytime you saw him play football, you could that see he played the game with a lot of heart. Now you see the same thing with Virat Kohli. I love the way he approaches the game, I am a big fan of him," Ganguly told reporters.