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India will face Australia in the second semifinal of the ongoing ICC Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 on Thursday, October 30, at DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai. India’s last two league matches at Dr DY Patil Stadium were affected by rain, and there are high chances of rain playing spoilsport on Thursday as well. The India-Australia match is scheduled to start at 3:00 PM IST, and as per the weather forecast of Navi Mumbai for Thursday, there is more than a 50% chance of rain in the second half of Thursday. If the match between India and Australia on Thursday is washed out, then it will be played on the reserved day, which is on Friday (October 31). In the ICC tournament (50-over matches), there is a provision of having reserve days in knockouts. According to section 13.6 of the ICC’s Playing Conditions, “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.” But the weather forecast for October 31 is also not too good, and rain is expected to impact the city on Friday as well. According to ICC rules for a 50-over match to produce a result, both teams should play at least 20 overs (less if they get all out before 20 overs), and if that doesn’t happen, then the match will be called off. If the semifinal match between India and Australia failed to produce on both the days (actual and reserve day), then what? Which team will progress? Well in that case, Australia will pip India and qualify for the final match, which will be played on Sunday, November 2, in Navi Mumbai. Why? It’s because Australia finished higher in the league table than India, and they also won a higher number of matches in the league match. The Aussies secured a win in six out of seven league matches, and their second league match against Sri Lanka in Colombo on October 4 got washed out due to rain. On the other hand, India finished fourth in the points table with 3 wins, 3 defeats and one draw. The Harmanpreet Kaur-led side went down by 3 wickets against Australia in their fourth league match, played on October 12 in Visakhapatnam. Bad news for India! Ahead of their big match against Australia, India suffered a big setback on Sunday (October 26) when star opening batter Pratika Rawal suffered an injury while fielding. The Delhi-based cricketer didn’t come out to bat in the second half of the India-Bangladesh match, and it has been reported that she will not take any further part in the tournament.
