Rain has interfered in the final match between India and South Africa. The final match of the Women’s World Cup will be played at DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai. India entered the finals by defeating Australia in the semi-finals and South Africa defeated England in the semi-finals. The toss of the India-South Africa final match was also delayed. The biggest question is that if the match could not be played today due to rain, then who will be declared the winner?

What are the rules when it rains?

If the final match cannot be held today due to rain, then November 3 has been kept as reserve day. But today an effort will be made to conduct at least 20-20 overs matches. The cut-off time of the 20-20 overs match will be 9:08 pm. If the rain stops by 9.08 pm then a 20-20 overs match is possible.

If it rains again after the start of the 20-20 overs match, the match will not be continued. In that case reserve day will be used. The priority will be to bring the result of the final match today itself. If the match cannot start then the match will be played tomorrow on Reserve Day.

What if it rains even on the reserve day?

If the final match cannot be started or completed even on 3rd November, i.e. Reserve Day, due to rain or any other reason, then both the teams will be declared joint winners. This has never happened in the history of the Women’s World Cup, when any two teams have been declared joint winners.

Till now only Australia, England and New Zealand have been able to win the Women’s World Cup trophy. Before this, Team India reached the finals twice, but could never become champion. On the other hand, South Africa has reached the final for the first time in 2025.

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South Africa has defeated India by 3 wickets. In this hair-raising match, Nadine de Klerk’s inning of 84 runs snatched the victory from Team India. Playing first in this match, the Indian team had scored 251 runs, in response to which the South African team won the match by 3 wickets with 7 balls remaining. All-rounder Nadine de Klerk single-handedly defeated the Indian bowlers. This is India’s first defeat in the World Cup 2025.

Indian batting was a flop in this match played in Visakhapatnam. Team India’s 6 wickets had fallen for just 102 runs. From there, Richa Ghosh made the biggest contribution in taking the team’s score beyond 250 by playing an inning of 94 runs. Sneh Rana also scored 33 runs.

India lost the won match

Chasing the target of 252 runs, half of the South African team had returned to the pavilion by the score of 51. For a long time, captain Laura Woolworth held one end, who played an inning of 70 runs. It seemed as if Team India would register an easy victory. When Woolworth’s wicket fell, South Africa’s score was 142/6. Here too Team India’s victory looked easy.

Meanwhile, Nadine de Klerk and Chloe Tryon made a partnership of 59 runs to take South Africa closer to victory. Meanwhile, when Tryon was out after scoring 49 runs, South Africa still needed 41 runs to win. But the clerk was still firmly on the crease. Nadine de Klerk single-handedly overpowered Team India. He played an unbeaten inning of 84 runs in 54 balls. In this innings he hit 8 fours and 5 sixes.

The Indian team had earlier defeated Sri Lanka and Pakistan, but now South Africa has become the first team to defeat it in the World Cup 2025.