Possibilities if Rain disrupts the game
According to BCCI rules, there is a reserve day (Monday 30th may) available for the final if it is impossible to be held on Sunday. In case the rain affects the match on Sunday without washing it out completely, the latest that a five overs a side match can start is after midnight at 12.26 am, with the finish scheduled for 1.20 am. In the latter case, there will be a ten-minute interval between innings and no timeout.
If rain interrupts the Final match after it has started, then it shall be carried over to Monday, on which day the match shall resume from that point where it stops on Sunday. Any calculations made as to the length of the match on the previous day shall be ignored in this case. 3 hours and 20 minutes plus a further extra time of 2 hours are available for play on the reserve day.
If no play is possible on Sunday after the toss, a new 20-over match will be had on Monday. Teams will have the freedom to choose completely new playing XIs in this case.
If, however, not even a 5-over match is possible on Monday either, conditions permitting, we shall have a Super Over to decide the IPL champion. This would require the pitch and ground to be ready for the ‘shootout’ by 1.20 am.
However, even if this is not possible, the finalists that finished highest in the league table after the 56 matches of the regular season shall be declared the winner. In this case, which is the worst case of all, RCB shall be declared the winners on basis of their superior net run rate as both the teams had finished with 16 points from 14 matches.
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