The T20 World Cup semifinal between India and England in Guyana is heavily threatened by rain, which highlights the importance of the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) provision of playing conditions to ensure that the competition’s knockout stages, which require a victor, proceed as scheduled. However, in sharp contrast, there isn’t a reserve day scheduled for the second semifinal, which pits South Africa against Afghanistan.
The South Africa vs. Afghanistan match in Trinidad is scheduled to begin at 8:30 p.m. local time on June 26, while the India vs. England semifinal in Guyana is scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m. local time on June 27. This is due to the scheduling of the two matches.
The two teams that advance to the final, which takes place on June 29 in Barbados, will travel on June 28. In the event that rain prevents the RSA vs. AFG day-night match from proceeding, it will move to the reserve day on June 27. However, since June 28 is a travel day, the day match between India and England on June 27 must be finished on the same day, necessitating the addition of nearly four hours to the second semifinal.
There is an 18% chance of thunderstorms and an 88% likelihood of rain for Guyana on Thursday morning, according to accuweather.com.
In case rain plays spoilsport, the second semifinal will have another 250 minutes, which gives umpires eight hours to finish the match.
The team who placed higher in the “Super 8s” will advance to the final, nevertheless, if rain forces the game to be abandoned. This rule of play is applicable to both semifinals.
Based on the above, if there is no result possible in both the semi-finals, then India, who topped Group 1, and South Africa, who topped Group 2, will advance to the title clash.
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