Diego Maradona dies | We have lost a genius: Virat Kohli
Maradona died at the age of 60 on Wednesday (November 25) at his residence in Buenos Aires after suffering a cardiac arrest, two weeks after being released from a hospital following a brain surgery.
“It’s obviously a very sad day for football, it’s very sad for sports in general because we have lost a genius,” Kohli said in a message posted by BCCI on its twitter handle on the eve of the first ODI against Australia.
“We have lost someone who has inspired people across generations and across walks of life, not just sports but so many people in their lives as well.”
Considered the greatest footballer of all time alongside Brazil’s Pele, Maradona’s death triggered a massive outpouring of emotional tributes from legends such as Mike Tyson and Magic Johnson to current sporting icons like Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo mourning his loss.
“People are mesmerised watching him play and that’s something which happens with very few and he was one of them,” Kohli said.
