Women’s World Cup Final: Today, Navi Mumbai is going to witness the biggest Women’s cricket match. The ICC Women’s World Cup Final 2025 is going to start in the next few hours at Navi Mumbai’s Dr. DY Patil Stadium. As the city is witnessing continuous rainfall and the weather has been unpredictable for the past few days. According to the reports, there is almost a 20% chance of rainfall during the match. Looking at these weather conditions, ICC has declared a reserve day to ensure that the match doesn’t end without a result. Now people might wonder what is reserve day policy is in cricket. Let’s understand what is Reserve Day Policy is in detail:

What is the Reserve Day Policy in Cricket?
Cricket as a game itself is a completely outdoor game which has the biggest problems with weather, mainly during monsoons. For all these problems, ICC has decided to bring the Reserve Day Policy. This policy mainly helps both teams to complete the match till the result.

In detail reserve day policy gives the teams an extra day to complete the match, which was paused on the scheduled day. The main purpose of this policy is for the matches conducted for Knockout games, semi-finals, and also for finals. This policy ensures the clear result of the match. People might wonder if this policy applies to league matches. Unfortunately, this policy is not included because of the tight scheduling, which can make a huge difference.

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How does the Reserve Day Policy work?
Here’s how it works: if a match is affected by rain and cannot be completed on the scheduled day, it resumes from the same point on the Reserve Day. The same playing conditions, scores, and overs are carried forward. If the match still cannot be played due to continued bad weather, the result is decided through the Duckworth-Lewis (DLS) method or other pre-decided tournament rules.

During the ICC cricket world cup and Asia cup tournaments, when the weather conditions are unpredictable, this reserve day policy has been implemented, and during this time itself, this policy has gained good attention from all cricket lovers. This system ensures that no team faces an unfair exit just because of rain. In short, the Reserve Day Policy is a smart backup plan designed to guarantee a fair and decisive outcome in crucial matches. It ensures that cricket remains a battle of skill, not of luck or weather.

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