As light drizzle intensified over the Wankhede Stadium during the second innings of the IPL 2025 clash between Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Titans, many fans began wondering: will the match be declared a draw if rain stops play?<\/p>\n
The answer is no<\/strong>\u2014because more than 5 overs have been bowled<\/strong> in Gujarat\u2019s chase, a result can be declared<\/strong> using the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) method<\/strong>.<\/p>\n At the end of 11 overs, Gujarat Titans were 76\/1<\/strong>, needing 80 more runs in 54 balls. According to DLS calculations, GT are currently ahead of the par score<\/strong>, which means if no further play is possible, Gujarat Titans will win<\/strong> the match.<\/p>\n A minimum of 5 overs<\/strong> must be bowled in the second innings for a result to be determined.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n If rain interrupts play after 5 overs<\/strong> and the match can\u2019t resume, the DLS method<\/strong> will be used.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n For a 7:30 PM start match<\/strong>, there is a 60-minute buffer<\/strong> (till 12 AM) to try and complete the game.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n If play resumes within that window, overs can be reduced<\/strong> to fit in a shortened game.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n If the 5-over threshold isn\u2019t met even with the buffer, the match will be declared as no result<\/strong>, and both teams will share 1 point each<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n As of now, with 11 overs completed in GT\u2019s chase, the match has reached the result zone. Unless Gujarat fall behind the DLS par or the match restarts and they collapse, GT will be declared the winner if rain continues and play cannot resume<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As light drizzle intensified over the Wankhede Stadium during the second innings of the IPL 2025 clash between Mumbai Indians\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":42552,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ipl"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22298\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}What are the rules in case of rain in IPL 2025?<\/h3>\n
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