With a high-stakes semi-final on the line, weather interruptions are the last thing either side would want. However, tournament playing conditions clearly spell out what happens if rain plays spoilsport.<\/p>\n
1st Semifinal \u2013 South Africa vs New Zealand (4 march)<\/strong><\/p>\n 2nd Semifinal \u2013 India vs England (5 march)<\/strong><\/p>\n If a match is washed out on the scheduled day, a reserve day has been allocated. In that case, the game will either resume from the point of interruption or restart from scratch, depending on how much play was possible on the original day. The objective is simple: to ensure a full contest if conditions allow.<\/p>\n A minimum of 10 overs per side is required for a result to be declared. If rain interrupts play after several overs have been bowled, the DLS method will be applied to calculate revised targets. Should the match remain incomplete within the scheduled time, officials will shift the remaining play to the reserve day.<\/p>\n The bigger concern is what happens if rain disrupts both days ?<\/p>\n If no result is possible even after the reserve day, the team that finished higher in the Super 8 standings will automatically advance to the final. In that scenario, South Africa would hold the advantage over New Zealand in the first semi-final, while England would be ahead of India in the second based on their standings.<\/p>\n This regulation rewards consistency and sustained performance across the tournament rather than leaving qualification to chance. Still, both camps will be hoping for clear skies so that the outcome is decided on the field.<\/p>\n In knockout cricket\u00a0 especially in ICC events\u00a0 margins are thin and pressure is immense. Ultimately,no teams want to go through the final like this.\u00a0 Everyone involved will want the semi-finals to be settled through play, with both sides given a fair opportunity to compete for a place in the final.<\/p>\n However, as of now, there is no chance of rain for either of the two matches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" With a high-stakes semi-final on the line, weather interruptions are the last thing either side would want. However, tournament playing\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":473,"featured_media":44601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4641],"tags":[3546,1368,1138,4876,1136],"class_list":["post-44633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-t20-world-cup","tag-bcci","tag-cricket-south-africa","tag-ecb","tag-icc-t20-world-cup-2026","tag-new-zealand-cricket-board"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44633","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\/473"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44633"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44657,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44633\/revisions\/44657"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}