India plays Australia in the all-important semifinal clash of the Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 at the D.Y. Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on October 30 (Thursday).

With rain interrupting the last league match between India and Bangladesh at the same venue, days ahead of the knockout, here’s a look at weather forecasts for the week and what the protocol is should rain mar the game.

According to section 13.6 of the ICC’s Playing Conditions for this tournament, “the SemiFinals and Final shall have a reserve day allocated on which an incomplete match shall be continued from the scheduled day. No other matches shall have a reserve day allocated.”

“If the reserve day is allocated, every effort will 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.

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 at the point where the last ball was played.

Appendix H of the protocol provides more details.

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The hours of play on the Reserve Day shall be the same as on the scheduled day for the match (including the extra time provision). If play is interrupted on the scheduled day, the umpires shall use the available extra time and, if necessary, reduce the number of overs to try to achieve a result on that day.

Each team must have had the opportunity to bat for a minimum of 20 overs for a result to be achieved. If play has not resumed by the cut-off time required to allow the minimum number of overs to be bowled to achieve a result on the scheduled day, play shall be abandoned for the day and the Reserve Day shall be used to complete the match.

On the Reserve Day, play shall recommence under the same assumption that the last ball was bowled on the scheduled day. The match starts when the coin toss takes place and teams are exchanged. If the toss occurs on the scheduled day and there is no play thereafter, the result of the toss and the named teams shall be carried through to the Reserve Day.

In making their decisions in relation to ground, weather and light, the umpires shall aim to maximize play on the scheduled day of the match in order to achieve a result on that day, as if there was no Reserve Day available.

WHAT HAPPENS IF THE RESERVE DAY IS ALSO WASHED OUT?

If weather comes in the way of a result even on the reserve day of the semifinal — if the match is abandoned or a no result is the outcome at the end of the reserve day — the team which finished higher in the league stage will proceed to the final.

In the event of a tied Final, the teams shall compete in a Super Over to determine which team is the winner. If following a tie, weather conditions prevent the Super Over from being completed, or if the match is abandoned or a no result at the end of the reserve day, the teams shall be declared joint winners.

Published on Oct 26, 2025