Cricket veteran in support of PM on lockdown, said- this last chance to end corona

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Captain Virat Kohli has supported Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement of a 21-day lockdown across the country to tackle the corona virus epidemic.

Team India captain Virat Kohli has supported Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement of a 21-day lockdown across the country to tackle the corona virus epidemic. Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar and BCCI President Sourav Ganguly, among other Indian cricketers, have also reiterated their appeal to the countrymen to stay in their homes.

As our Honourable Prime Minister, Shri @NarendraModi ji just announced, the whole country is going into a lockdown starting midnight today for the next 21 days. My request will remain the same, PLEASE STAY AT HOME. 🙏🏼 #SocialDistancing is the only cure for Covid 19.
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) March 24, 2020

Virat Kohli wrote in Hindi and English respectively on his Twitter handle, ‘As announced by our Honorable Prime Minister Shri @NarendraModi ji, the entire country is going into lockdown from midnight for the next 21 days. My request will remain the same, please be present at home. #DocialDistancing is the only cure for Kovid 19.

Sachin Tendulkar tweeted, ‘Simple things are often difficult, as they require constant discipline and determination. Honorable PM @ Narendra Modi ji has asked us to stay in the house for 21 days. This simple task can save the lives of millions. Let us all unite in this war against #COVID19.

Simple things are often the hardest to do, because they require consistent discipline & determination.

Hon‘ble PM @narendramodi ji has asked us to #StayHomeStaySafe for 21 days. This simple task can save millions of lives.

Let’s all unite in this war against #COVID19.
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) March 24, 2020

BCCI President Sourav Ganguly also urged everyone to stay at home and said that citizens of the world should listen to their government. Ganguly said in a video message, ‘Let’s fight it together. We will overcome this. Be smart and don’t try things. Listen to what the government says.

Let’s fight this together .. we will get over this #corona pic.twitter.com/OTH2iJbPMz
— Sourav Ganguly (@SGanguly99) March 24, 2020

India’s star spinner Ravichandran Ashwin also tweeted in support of the move. He wrote, ‘Indians should stay at home for 3 weeks. I am saying again that the irresponsibility spent in the next 3 weeks will outweigh the 2 decades. Awesome @narendramodi ji! Now instead of mourning, let us follow the instructions and give our opinion.

Veteran spinner Harbhajan Singh tweeted in English, Hindi and Tamil ‘These 21 days may be the most important days of our lives … as a person and a country … so please be responsible citizens … this corona We have only one chance to stop it!