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The ICC and Cricket West Indies (CWI) allotted an additional time of 250 minutes for the second semifinal of the T20 World Cup 2024. It means there won’t be any reserve day for the particular match. As per the schedules and grouping, team India will most likely play in the semifinal 2, and hence, in case of rain, the Indian cricket team won’t get a reserve day. Several reports claimed a reserve day has been kept for the second semifinals on June 29.
However, as per reports from Cricbuzz, four extra hours (250 minutes) have been allocated for the game. It has been done mainly so that the team emerging victorious in the SF2 doesn’t have to play consecutively as the final is scheduled on June 30. In addition, it would be difficult for the winning team to travel from Trinidad to Barbados amidst the fatigue.
Cricbuzz quoted a source as saying, “All four teams have exactly the same opportunity to finish a game. For performance reasons, to ensure teams do not have to ‘play, travel, play’ on consecutive days, the decision was taken to allocate the additional time for the second semi-final immediately post the game because the game is a 10.30 AM start, whilst the first semi-final is an evening start, which means it is not feasible to pay all additional time on the same day. This also ensures that fans in the stadium have the best chance of seeing a result on the day.”
Pl aying conditions for Reserve Day
13.6.1 All matches will consist of one inning per side, each inning being limited to a maximum of 20 overs. All matches shall be of one day's scheduled duration provided that participating countries in a series may agree to provide for a reserve day on which an incomplete match may be replayed or continued from the scheduled day.
13.6.2 If the match is to be continued on the reserve day, every effort shall be made to complete the match on the scheduled day with any necessary reduction in overs taking place, and only if the minimum number of overs necessary to constitute a match cannot be bowled on the scheduled day will the match be completed on the reserve day.
13.6.3 If the match has started on the scheduled day and overs are subsequently reduced following an interruption, but no further play is possible, the match will resume on the reserve day under the same assumption that the last ball was played on the scheduled day.
Tie-break rule:
Clause 16.10.7 in the playing conditions:
a) If a Semi-Final is tied, the teams shall compete in a super-over to determine which team progresses to the Final. Refer to clause 16.3.1.2 and Appendix F.
b) If following a tie, weather conditions prevent the Super Over from being completed, or if the match is abandoned or a no result, then the team that finished first in its Second Round Group will progress to the Final.
