The first finalist of the Champions Trophy 2025 has been received. Team India won a strong victory against Australia in the first semi -final match played in Dubai and confirmed the final ticket. Now the second semi -final match of the tournament will be played on today i.e. March 5 between the teams of South Africa and New Zealand. Both these teams will clash at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. So far, there have been 3 matches in Pakistan. In such a situation, the biggest question is that if South Africa-New Zealand is canceled for some reason, then who will play the final.

ICC rules for semi -final match

The last match played at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore could not be played due to rain and 1-1 points were distributed between the two teams.

But this will not be seen in the semi -finals. Actually, the ICC is quite different from the ICC for the semi -finals. In knockout matches, the ICC tries to take out the result of the match. This time too, something similar will be seen, because the Reserve Day has been kept for this match to be played between the two teams.

March 6 has been kept as Reserve Day for this match between South Africa and New Zealand.

However, all efforts will be made to end the game on the scheduled day itself. If this is not possible, the match on Reserve Day will start from where it will be stopped. Apart from this, the Duckworth Lewis rule can also be used to take out the result of the match. But for this, the team batting later will have to play at least 25 overs.

Who will benefit the match?

If the match is not played on Reserve Day and the result of the match does not come out, then a team will be out of this tournament. According to the ICC rules, the team, which is on top of the group stage, will secure their place in the final.

That is, this rule will benefit the team of South Africa, which was at the top in Group B. The second and New Zealand team was second in Group A.

That is, this rule will benefit the team of South Africa, which was at the top in Group B. The second and New Zealand team was second in Group A.