Mad genius, Rest In peace: Sourav Ganguly's tribute to Diego Maradona

Football great Diego Maradonas death triggered an outpouring of emotional tributes in the Indian sporting fraternity on Wednesday with the countrys cricket chief Sourav Ganguly saying that he has lost his heroMaradona considered the greatest footballer of all time alongside Brazils Pele died following a cardiac arrest two weeks after undergoing a surgery to remove a blood clot in his brainMy hero no more my mad genius rest in peace I watched football for you pictwittercomJhqFffD2vrmdash Sourav Ganguly SGanguly99 November 25 2020My hero no more my mad genius rest in peace I watched football for you former India captain and BCCI president Ganguly who has always termed the Argentine genius as his first sporting hero tweetedArgentinian football legend Diego Maradona was like a magician with the ball at his feet Football has lost an invaluable gem today His glorious legacy will forever have a place in football history Rest in peace Maradona diegomaradona RIPLegend football pictwittercomWEyNhdJIXSmdash Praful Patel praful_patel November 25 2020Ganguly had played with Maradona in a charity match when the icon came to Kolkata in 2017 All India Football Federation President Praful Patel called Maradona an invaluable gemArgentinian football legend Diego Maradona was like a magician with the ball at his feet Football has lost an invaluable gem today His glorious legacy will forever have a place in football history Rest in peace he tweetedFootball and the world of sports has lost one of its greatest players todayRest in Peace Diego Maradona You shall be missed pictwittercomQxhuROZ5a5mdash Sachin Tendulkar sachin_rt November 25 2020Batting great Sachin Tendulkar added Football and the world of sports has lost one of its greatest players today Rest in Peace Diego Maradona You shall be missedOne of the greatest icons of the game Diego Maradona passes away a very sad day for World sports Condolences to his family friends and wellwishers pictwittercomJGFtQJ0vDumdash VVS Laxman VVSLaxman281 November 25 2020Stylish batsman of yesteryears VVS Laxman also expressed his condolences on the microblogging site One of the greatest icons of the game Diego Maradona passes away a very sad day for World sports Condolences to his family friends and wellwishers Laxman tweetedArguably one of the greatest sportsman of all time Saddened to hear about the passing away of the great Diego Maradona My heartfelt condolences to his family pictwittercomL7ewMHOnnJmdash Virender Sehwag virendersehwag November 25 2020Dashing former India batsman Virender Sehwag joined his former teammates in expressing his sadnessArguably one of the greatest sportsman of all time Saddened to hear about the passing away of the great Diego Maradona My heartfelt condolences to his familyI was too young to watch the 1986 World Cup when he singlehandedly helped Argentina lift the World Cup I started watching in 1990 when his brilliance was waning But truly a LEGEND one of the greatest of all time RIP DIEGO MARADONA Thank you for all the memories amp madness pictwittercomoPNemEJ5cVmdash Viren Rasquinha virenrasquinha November 25 2020Former hockey captain Viren Rasquinha also posted an emotional tributeThank you for all the memories amp madness he tweetedthat genius left foot that was truly blessed by all the Gods aboveCatch up on all the latest sports news and updates hereAlso download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates MidDay is now on Telegram Click here to join our channel middayinfomedialtd and stay updated with the latest newsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever