Weather forecasts suggest that there could be heavy rain throughout Southampton on Monday and chances are that Day Four's play of the ongoing World Test Championship (WTC) final between India and New Zealand will be washed out. In case the game does not end in five days, the match will enter the reserve day. Initially, the priority will be to finish the game within five days by adding some extra overs to the gameplay if the conditions are suitable. The reserve day will not take place in case of completion of overs and at the same time match will end in a draw.
Both teams will be declared as co-winners in that case and the reward money will be distributed equally. After the opening day got washed out completely due to rain and wet outfield, the following days witnessed the impact of bad light due to dense cloud cover. However, a decent amount of play took place on Day 2 & 3. India were bowled out for 217 and then the Kiwis were off to a steady start, courtesy Tom Latham and Devon Conway. At stumps on the third day, New Zealand reached 101-2 to trail India by 116 runs. Captain Kane Williamson and Ros Taylor will resume the innings on Day 4. Overall, it’s likely to be a rain dominated day and if the bad weather prevails in most of the sessions, it would be hard to get a result out of the final of the inaugural WTC, despite having a reserve day.
