Former cricketers and officials pay respect to BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya, who passed away in Kolkata on Sunday.

Script: Indian cricketers led by former captain Sourav Ganguly, current team director Ravi Shastri and Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Anurag Thakur paid their respects to Jagmohan Dalmiya in Kolkata on Monday after the 75 year-old died in hospital.

Ganguly, who hails from Kolkata and was considered a close ally of Dalmiya, arrived at the offices of the Cricket Association of Bengal, located at the Eden Gardens ground, to lay a wreath on the former ICC (International Cricket Council) president's body.

Others who arrived to pay their last respects included former India skipper Shastri, and the BCCI's Thakur.

SOUNDBITE: (English) Anurag Thakur, Secretary, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI):

"I think the cricket world has lost one of the best sports administrators the cricket world had. He was a visionary leader, a great sports administrator, contributed for more than four decades. I think he has given his life for cricket 'til the last breath. I think he thought about cricket and the development of the game, that is his immense contribution towards the game of cricket. The world will remember him as a great sports administrator. "

The legacy that he leaves for sure will be the two World Cups he brought to be held in India