Eight hours for a T20I match? ICC allots extra time for 2nd semifinal of T20 World Cup 2024: Report

The International Cricket Council (ICC) and Cricket West Indies (CWI) have reportedly allotted an extra time of over 4 hours for the second semifinal of the T20 World Cup 2024 within the West Indies and USA. The event is ready to happen from June 1 with the ultimate being on June 29. 

According to a report in Cricbuzz, ICC and CWI have given 250 minutes of further time for the second semifinal on June 27 in Guyana. Also, there might be no reserve day for this recreation. This is being achieved to keep away from scheduling clashes. 

While the primary semifinal is ready to start at 8.30 pm native time on June 26 in Trinidad, the second will happen a day later and is ready to start at 10.30 AM native time on June 27. In case the rain washes away the second semifinal, the sport is not going to be prolonged to a reserve day, i.e. June 28. Instead, there might be an extra 250 minutes for the sport, which gives that the semifinal may be prolonged to eight hours.

The first knockout recreation could have hardly any time if 4 hours are prolonged for this recreation as per native time. The second one is a day recreation (native time), offering a possibility to play the sport the identical day if rain intervenes. 

This is to save lots of the journey time and hectic schedule for the workforce enjoying within the second semifinal. The workforce would have wanted to play on back-to-back days with journey from one place to the opposite with such a essential conflict up subsequent for the winner. India might be enjoying within the second semifinal in the event that they attain there. 

“All four teams have exactly the same opportunity to finish a game. For performance reasons, to ensure teams do not have to ‘play, travel, play’ on consecutive days, the decision was taken to allocate the additional time for the second semi-final immediately post the game because the game is a 10.30 AM start, whilst the first semi-final is an evening start, which means it is not feasible to pay all additional time on the same day. This also ensures that fans in the stadium have the best chance of seeing a result on the day,” a supply stated as quoted by Cricbuzz.