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Jofra Archer arrives again. This time, to ‘predict’ the great blackout in Mumbai on Monday.
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Jofra Archer attacks again. And he is not on the cricket field.
The Englishman, who is currently leading the Rajasthan Royals bowling attack at IPL 2020, has a tweet for everything. And we mean it.
Whether it’s his grisly prophecy of India’s first coronavirus lockdown or his “prediction” of the Super Over on the eve of the World Cup final against New Zealanders, Archer’s “supernatural” abilities that exist in the form of old tweets they are often unearthed by enthusiasts. of his apparent powers every time an incident occurs in India and beyond.
Mumbai came to a standstill on Monday as netizens woke up without power when a major power outage was reported in the maximum city. Residents have since taken to Twitter to report city-wide blackouts, while others were busy lighting up the microblogging site with memes.
Read also: ‘Aliens don’t land’: Twitter lights up with memes as Mumbai power outage halts city
Around this time, a 7-year-old Archer tweet resurfaced on the website that simply said, “Lights off.”
Cricket fans took it forward from there.
Multiple trips of lines and transformers (Kalwa-Padghe and Khargar ICTs) affected the supply of 360 MW in the city and suburbs.
Energy Minister Nitin Raut said electricity will be restored in an hour. However, an official later said it could take longer. When the city came to a standstill, the University of Mumbai announced that it had postponed the exam from Monday to Sunday, October 18. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) issued helpline numbers.
Local trains under the Western Railway, between Church Gate and Vasai Train Station, were stopped due to a network failure. The Central Railway (CR) running between CSMT and Kalyan was also stopped.
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