The thrill of cricket fans in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 is now going to reach its peak. Today i.e. knockout matches are going to start from 4 February. The first semi -final match of the tournament will be played between the teams of India and Australia. The match between the two teams will be held at Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai. But the biggest question is that if the semi -final match played between the two teams is canceled due to rain, then which team will reach the finals and what rules the ICC has made this time for knockout matches.
Know what will happen when today’s match is canceled?
Rain and Australia’s Champions Trophy have a different relationship in 2025. In the last two seasons, 3 matches of the team were washed away in rain. At the same time, this time also a match of Australia could not be played due to rain. There is a fear in the minds of the fans that if something similar happens in the semi -finals, then which team will harm. This time the ICC has presented the reserve day for both semi -finals. But all efforts will be made to end the game on the scheduled day itself. If this is not possible, the match on Reserve Day will start from where it will be stopped.
So at the same time, the team batting later will have to play at least 25 overs to get the result under the Duckworth Lewis Rules. The team batting later in the group stage has to play only 20 overs. But if the result of the match does not come out on Reserve Day, then the team that stayed on the group stage will reach the final. Let me tell you, the Indian team was at the top in the group stage. In such a situation, India will play the final if the result of the match is not released.
How much will the team lose in the semi -finals
A total of $ 6.9 million has been fixed for the Champions Trophy 2025. This is 53 percent more than the year 2017. The team that wins the two will be given $ 2.24 million (about Rs 19.5 crore) and the runner -up will be given $ 1.12 million (about Rs 9.78 crore). This is the matter of the winner and runner -up, the team that will lose in the semi -finals will get the ICC $ 560,000 i.e. about Rs 4.89 crore as a reward.
Both teams
Possible Indian team
Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Akshar Patel, KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Varun Chakraborty
Potential Australia Team
Trevis Head, Jake Fraser-Mackgrak, Steve Smith, Marnas Labushen, Josh England, Alex Carrie, Glenn Maxwell, Ben Dwarsians, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, Spencer Johnson