World Cup: Here's what will happen if it continues to rain at the India-New Zealand semifinal in Old Trafford

semi-final clash between India and New Zealand at Old Trafford has been interrupted by rain, which has led to play being halted, until furr examination of conditions in order to restart game. Although ICC has kept aside a reserve day for semi-final, where game would resume and t restart, attempts will be me to close play before it rolls over to reserve day. 

What happens if play is resumed today?  

If re is any reduction in overs, n Duckworth-Lewis method will be applied, followed by which a revised target will be set for India to chase in a revised number of overs as well. New Zealand are currently at 211 for 5 after 46 overs, 11:30 pm local time (4 am IST) is deline for  match has to conclude which will require a minimum of 90 minutes to complete mandatory quota of a minimum of 20 overs. refore match has to restart by 10 PM local time (2:30 AM IST). However, match Referee can call off match if he feels re is chance of play due to wet conditions or chance of rain to stop.

Overs will start reducing after 4 pm local time (8:30 pm IST). New Zealand will t bat again after 4:15 pm local time (8:45 pm IST). 

Chances of drying outfield:

 Only two Super Soppers are allocated for drying outfield by ICC, proving that governing body has t learnt a lesson from previous games being washed out during group st. 

What about Reserve Day?  

ICC has set aside July 10 as reserve day, if play is t completed on 9 July because of rain or inability to complete number of overs. In that case, game will resume from where it was left off on previous day, allowing teams to have a fair contest. However, game will go into reserve day only if it is unable to be finished today. 

How can India make it directly to finals? 

If game is washed out on both 9 and 10 July, without a ball being bowled, n India would automatically qualify for finals of World Cup as ir net run-rate is higher than that of New Zealand in dition to India's number one position on tournament table as opposed to New Zealand's number four on table. 

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