New Delhi: The biggest match of the Champions Trophy 2025 i.e. the final will be played on March 9 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai.: In this match, the teams of India and New Zealand will face each other. This will be the second encounter between these two teams in this edition. Earlier, the last match of the group stage was also played between these two teams, in which India won. Well, there is going to be pressure on both the teams in this match because the trophy is at stake. But the biggest question is that if the match gets cancelled for any reason, then which team will become the champion.
who will become the champion?
So far, 3 matches have been washed out due to rain in the Champions Trophy 2025. But in the knockout matches, the ICC tries to ensure the result at all costs, for which some different rules have been made compared to the group stage. This time the ICC had kept a reserve day for both the semi-final matches and there is also a reserve day for the final. That is, if this match is not completed on March 9, then the match will be played on March 10 as well. But every effort will be made to finish the game on the scheduled day. If this is not possible, then the match will start from where it was stopped on the reserve day.
What is the rule
On the other hand, the rule in the semi-finals was that if the match is cancelled then the top team of the group stage will qualify for the final. But this will not be seen in the final. If the final is cancelled due to rain or any other reason, the trophy will be shared. That is, both teams will be jointly considered champions. At the same time, Duckworth Lewis rule can also be used to decide the result, but for this also a match of at least 25-25 overs is necessary.
Has it ever been cancelled?
Let us tell you, the Champions Trophy started in the year 1998 and till now it has happened only once that the final match has been cancelled. Actually, the final match of the 2002 Champions Trophy was to be played between India and host Sri Lanka. But due to rain this match could not be played and the trophy was shared between the two teams. At that time also a reserve day was kept in the final, but then the game was played from the beginning on the reserve day.