The high-voltage final of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 is all set to take place on Sunday at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. This match will take place between two teams that have the best cricket in this competition.
India has won all of their games so far, while Australia has won all of their last seven matches. So it will be fascinating to see which streak will end on Sunday and which will lift the trophy at the world’s biggest stadium.
Australia has won the title five times in total, while India has won it twice. Both teams recently met in the final of the World Test Championship, and Australia won that match. Most of the players from each side were part of that game as well.
These two teams also met in the final of the 2003 edition. India couldn’t win that game as well. So India will have a lot to play for, while Australia will look to continue what they do best: winning the ICC titles. But on that day, the team that does well will become the champions.
But one thing that will be on the minds of both teams and their fans will be the weather. Though the forecast suggests no rain, nothing can be said about the Indian weather. So what will happen if the final on Sunday is washed out? There is a reserve day given for the final, and if the rain does not let the game happen, it will go into reserve on Monday.
On reserve day, the match will resume from the same point that it was stopped on Sunday. At least 20 overs per side are required to get the result of the match. Furthermore, there will be two extra hours given on Sunday to use. The final cutoff time is 9:30, but the match officials can wait until 11:30.
In a tie game, a super over will come into play. All these are to get the result of the game and find out the new world champions. But what if, after all these rules and conditions, we couldn’t find out the winner? If the game ends without a result, then both teams will be declared joint winners. Though it has never happened before, the winner through the boundary count also never happened until 2019.
