India are set to feature in the ICC World Test Championship final for the second time in a row as they take on Australia at The Oval in London.
India will be eyeing their first ICC trophy since winning the ICC Champions Trophy in 2013.
They had come close to winning the inaugural edition of the World Test Championship but lost to New Zealand in the final.
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What happens if the Test Championship final is affected by rain?
Considering the unpredictable weather in England, the rain factor cannot be ruled especially in the month of June.
Keeping that in mind ICC have kept a reserve day for the Test Championship final. The match will be held between June 7 to June 11 and June 12 has been identified as the reserve day.
But ICC has also informed that if time is lost during the regulation days due to bad weather only then can the reserve day be utilised. If the match happens on all five days and no result comes out then the match will not go into the reserve day and instead India and Australia will be declared joint winners.
In a statement, ICC confirmed the following rule which read:
A reserve day is in place for the WTC Final on June 12 and can be used to make up for any loss of playing time during the five scheduled days, not to keep playing until one side wins.
Recently the IPL 2023 final between Chennai Super Kings and Gujarat Titans was affected due to torrential downpour in Ahmedabad.
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The final was initially scheduled to happen on May 28 but due to bad weather, it got postponed to the next day which was reserve day. Eventually, CSK won the title beating GT.