Vikrant Shekhawat : Jun 21, 2021, 10:22 PM
IND vs NZ WTC Final 2021: In the final match of the World Test Championship (WTC) being played between India and New Zealand at The Rose Bowl, Southampton, rain has remained a villain from day one. The first day of this historic match was washed out due to rain. After this the second and third day's play was also not completed due to rain and bad light. Now even the fourth day's play is almost impossible due to rain. In such a situation, the question is arising in the minds of the fans that if this match is drawn due to rain, then who will become the champion.If the final draw then...?If the final match of the ICC World Test Championship is drawn due to rain, then both India and New Zealand will be declared joint winners. In fact, the ICC had already made it clear that in case of a draw or tie in the title match, both the teams will be declared the winner.reserve dayThe ICC had kept a reserve day for this historic match. The ICC had already made it clear that if the game of this five-day match is affected by rain, then the reserve day will be used to calculate its result. June 23 i.e. the sixth day of the match will be used as reserve day.Prize money will be divided between both the teamsIn the event of the match being drawn due to rain, the prize money of US$2.4 million will be split between the two teams. In such a situation, the teams of India and New Zealand will get prize money of about Rs 8.78 crore.The winning team has to get the 'mace'The team that wins this title match will be given a 'mace'. Earlier this mace was given every year to the top team in the Test team rankings. At the same time, both the teams will share this mace when the match is drawn.