What if the playoffs and final of TATA IPL 2022 will not happen due to rain or other reason? A Super Over will decide the result if any of the IPL playoff matches including the final is disrupt by the weather and no play is possible in regulation time.
And in case the ground conditions continue to remain unplayable, then the league standings will be use to identify the winners, an IPL briefing note has confirm.
Gujarat Titans will face Rajasthan Royals in Qualifier 1 at Kolkata’s Eden Gardens on 24th May 2022 and Lucknow Super Giants will play Royal Challengers Bangalore at the same venue the next day in the Eliminator.
With weather forecast for the Kolkata at least for the first few days of the week, there is a worry about games playing out as schedule.
An allowance of an extra two hours over the given 200 minutes of match time has add to the playing conditions.
In case the starts are delay, the first three playoff matches including Qualifier 2 in Ahmedabad on 27th May 2022 can begin as late as 9.40pm, and the final, also in Ahmedabad on 29th May 2022, can begin as late as at 10.10pm without any overs being lost.
And the two strategic timeouts per innings will be retain, the only tweak will effect in case of a delay start would be the mid-match break being halved.
As per Guidelines :
“The number of overs in the playoff match may, if necessary, be reduce so that each side has the opportunity to bat for five overs,”.
There will be no timeouts for a 5 overs game which will have a cut-off start time of four minutes before midnight (11.56pm) with a ten-minute innings break and a schedule finish time of 12.50am.
In case the final is reduce to a 5 over match, it would need to begin latest by 12.26am.
As per Guidelines :
“For the Eliminator and each Qualifier playoff matches (where there is no reserve day), in the event that it is not possible to schedule a five-over match to complete by the end of the extra time on the original day, the teams will, if conditions permit, play a Super Over to determine the winner of the relevant Eliminator or Qualifier match,”.
The Super Over would need to start at 12.50am latest for these matches to finish.
In the scenario where the Super Over is also not possible then “the team that finished highest in the league table after the 70 matches of the regular season shall be declare the winner of the relevant playoff match or final”.
The TATA IPL final will start at 8 pm, which is half an hour later than the usual starting time of 7.30pm.
On 30th May 2022 will be reserve day if the final is disrupt and cannot be finish for any reason on that day.
For the two Qualifiers and the Eliminator, which do not have reserve days, if one innings is complete but no play is possible in the second, the DLS method will be apply to get the match result.
The IPL has also point out that in case the final starts on 29th May 2022 (at least one ball), but is “not finish on the original day”, then the match would be wrap on the reserve day.
The match will resume at the point where it stop on the previous day.
For the avoidance of doubt, any match recalculations done without the match actually restarting on the previous night will be ignore.
In case no play is possible after the toss in the final, teams will have a fresh toss on the reserve day.
The IPL said the reserve day will comprise the same amount of playing time five hours and 20 minutes including the two extra hours available in case of any disruption or rain.
Using the Super Over method to get the winner in a rain-affected match is a first.
Normally in T20Is, if a 5 over side option is not possible, then the match is abandone.
For the final, the Super Over will need to start by 1.20am.
For the final, in the event that it is not possible to schedule a five over match to be complete by the end of the extra time on the reserve day, the teams will, if conditions permit, play a Super Over to determine the winner of the final.
That means the pitch and ground must be ready for play so that the Super Over can start at the latest by 1.20am (final).”
