Published 21:03 IST, March 25th 2020

Fans call out Jofra Archer's 3-yr-old tweet that eerily 'predicts' India's 21-day lockdown

Netizens dug up a three-year-old tweet by Jofra Archer which they are now connecting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's latest curfew-plan.

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English cricketer Jofra Archer has time and again proved that he has a Tweet for every occasion, be it 2019 World Cup superover outcome or Prithvi Shaw's suspension. This time netizens dug up a three-year-old tweet which y are w connecting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's latest curfew-plan. PM Modi on March 24 anunced a 21-day nationwide lockdown in order to block spread of virus and Tweeples have spotted an old post of pacer Jofra Archer which y feel is a prediction of curfew. 

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World Cup-winning bowler had Tweeted in 2017 that three weeks at home isn't eugh, which netizens say is a prediction about curfew in India made by Archer three years ago. However, some are still hoping it to be incorrect as y don't want to be under complete lockdown for weeks. But Tweet has surely left many Indians surprised as y immediately started sharing it on social media. 

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed nation on March 24 and anunced that a complete lockdown will be imposed from midnight onwards for 21 days. Modi had earlier urged Indians to observe voluntary curfew (Janta curfew) on March 22 for one day. India like rest of world is battling outbreak of vel coronavirus and in doing so it shut down all educational institutions, public places, large garings, etc. As per reports, India has so far recorded 606 confirmed Coronavirus cases, of which 70 came in last 24 hours. re have been 10 deaths in total due to COVID-19.  

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Coronavirus outbreak

COVID-19 has claimed more than 19,700 lives across world and has infected nearly 4,35,000 people globally since it first broke out in December 2019. China was most affected country until last week, however, Italy surpassed it to record most number of deaths anywhere in world due to COVID-19. virus is believed to have originated from a seafood market in China's Wuhan city, epicentre of disease, where animals were reportedly being traded illegally.  

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21:03 IST, March 25th 2020