As the Indian cricket team started its semi-final campaign against Australia Down Under, India's speedster Mohammed Shami's house in Amroha, Uttar Pradesh, plunged into darkness. His father told reporters that power outages were common in the city. "Electricity ki pareshani hai yahan par, aath/nau ghante light aati hai, wo bhi tukro me aati hai (power cuts are a big issue here. Electricity comes for eight, nine hours, that too in short bursts)," he said. Just the day before, 11 maulvis conducted a Quran-reading session at the Indian pacer's home in Sahaspur-Alinagar village in Amroha to pray for the team's success.
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