What If India vs Pakistan Match Faces Rain Disruption? Reserve Day Rain Plan Explained

The Super 4 match of Asia Cup 2023 being played between India and Pakistan at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Sunday (10 September) could not be played today due to rain and now this match will be played on Reserve Day, Monday (11 September). Will go. This match will be played on the reserve day from the same place where it was stopped due to rain on Sunday. Playing first after losing the toss on Sunday, the Indian team scored 147/2 in 24.1 overs before the game was stopped due to rain. Captain Rohit Sharma (56) and Shubman Gill (58) scored half-centuries for India.

KL Rahul (17) and Virat Kohli (8) were unbeaten when play was stopped due to rain. Due to rain, the game could not restart and it was postponed to the reserve day. On the reserve day, Team India will play with a score of 147/2 in 24.1 overs.

The Asia Cup group match played between these two teams in Kandy on September 2 was canceled due to rain. According to the weather forecast, there was a danger of rain in Colombo on Sunday and hence, to prevent the second consecutive India-Pakistan match from being washed out by rain, the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) had decided to keep a reserve day for this match.

India-Pakistan match washed out on September 10, What will happen now?

Even if the India-Pakistan Super-4 match was washed out on Sunday (September 10), the match has not been canceled, but now it will be played on the next day i.e. Reserve Day (September 11) from the same place where it had stopped on September 10. By the time play was stopped on September 10, India had scored 147 runs for 2 wickets in 24.1 overs while playing first. On September 11, this match will start at 3 pm Indian time.

When does a match go to reserve day?

The match officials tried their best to ensure that the result of the India-Pak match was declared on the actual day of the match i.e. 10th September. But due to continuous rain, all efforts went in vain and the match on the first day of Super-4 had to be cancelled.

According to the rules, for a result in any ODI match, it is necessary that both teams have played at least 20-20 overs. India had played 24 overs, but due to rain, the Pakistan team did not get a chance to bat, hence now this match will go to the next day i.e. Reserve Day.

Will the match restart on reserve day?

On Reserve Day, the match continues from where it was left on the previous day and does not start again. Therefore, from where the match was stopped on the original day, it will proceed from the same place on the reserve day. That means Team India will play beyond its score of 147/2 in 24.1 overs.

Only in the event of no play being played on the actual match day due to rain is the entire match played from the beginning on the reserve day.

Are there reserve days for all Asia Cup 2023 Super-4 matches?

No, a reserve day has been kept only for the India vs Pakistan match in the Super-4 stage of Asia Cup 2023. There is no reserved day for any other match of Super-4. Questions have also been raised on this step of ACC.

Except for the India-Pakistan match, in the remaining Super-4 matches of the Asia Cup, if the match is not played due to rain, it will be declared canceled and equal points will be distributed between the two teams.