Manchester: The Match in Manchester has managed to resume on time as per schedule, and brought the first innings to an end. With Bumrah bowling the last over, team India restricted New Zealand Newzeland to a score of 239/8. The Indian cricket team has started to bat with KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma. The team has a target of 240 runs to win the semi-finals.

With many games being washed out in the ongoing edition of the 2019 World Cup, rain once again played spoilsport in the first semi-final between India and New Zealand as the match was forced to go into the reserve day on Wednesday.

The contest, which remains a 50 overs per side contest, will resume on scheduled time if the weather allows with the Kiwis resuming their proceedings from their overnight score of 211/5, with Ross Taylor and Tom Latham batting on 67 and three respectively.

However, the forecast for entire Wednesday does not look auspicious as there is prediction of clouds and some rain.

As per the rain rules of the International Cricket Council (ICC) for the semi-finals and final, if there is no result on the scheduled match day, play will continue on the reserve day, using the same start time and hours of play as the scheduled match day. The reserve day will be a continuation, not a restart. Any advantage earned on the scheduled day will be carried through to the reserve day.

A tied match will use a super over to determine the winner. If after the scheduled day and reserve day the semi-final match has still not reached a result, the higher placed team from the league stage will progress to the final.

In such a scenario, India will automatically enter the final.