Sourav Ganguly to play football with Diego Maradona in Kolkata

Kolkata: Argentine football legend Diego Maradona is also slated to play a charity football match against a team which boasts of former India cricket captain Sourav Ganguly, during his visit. Maradona will inaugurate one of the city’s leading Durga Puja pandals during his much-awaited September visit, the organisers of the event said. Maradona is scheduled to touch down on September 19 for what will be the 1986 FIFA World Cup hero’s second visit to the city. Thousands of fans gathered to welcome him past midnight at the airport in December 2008 when he came here for the first time. Though the name of the puja pandal Maradona will visit was not disclosed, it was informed that the 56-year-old will launch an initiative “Durga Darshan” where a select few will be able to visit 14 top puja pandals in air-conditioned buses with exclusive entry by paying Rs 1,000 between September 24 and 30. READ: Virender Sehwag finds way to troll Sourav Ganguly and Shane Warne

The organisers said people who will have the “Durga Darshan” ticket will be able to have a ring-side view of the game.

Add Cricket Country as a Preferred Source

One of the most successful captains India has ever produced, Ganguly’s love for football is no news. While the former India captain has himself revealed that he wanted to become a footballer, and not a cricketer, early in his childhood, he later went on to own Atletico de Kolkata, a city-based football team that takes part in Indian Super League (ISL). He has also played many charity football matches earlier as well.