Twitter Reacts to India - NZ First Semifinal Being Called Off

The match now goes onto the reserve day and will resume on Wednesday, 10 July.

As the match between India and New Zealand — the first semifinal of the ongoing ICC World Cup — got called off on Tuesday, 9 July, fans across the world were left disappointed.

New Zealand had made 211/5 in 46.1 overs when the rain first came down. Since then, repeated interruptions due to rain led the officials to call off the game, thereby pushing the match to the reserve day (10 July).

Meanwhile, fans took to Twitter to voice their disappointment. Here’s a look at how they reacted.

(Catch all the latest updates on India vs New Zealand here)

With the rain unrelenting, play has been called off for the day. New Zealand will resume their innings tomorrow at 10.30am on 211/5 with 3.5 overs to bat.

Here's hoping for better weather tomorrow 🤞#INDvNZ | #CWC19 pic.twitter.com/p9KdXPdd0g

— Cricket World Cup (@cricketworldcup) July 9, 2019

So play is officially called off for the day. Resumes tomorrow at the same score. I don't think India will mind that.

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) July 9, 2019

Play called off for today as this notice makes clear. Play resumes tomorrow. New Zealand will continue their innings and it will be a 50-over affair pic.twitter.com/k03SZJktSB

— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) July 9, 2019

Official: Play has been called off for the day. Semi-final 1 #IndvNZ to continue tomorrow... #CWC19 #IndvsNZ #NZvInd

— Chetan Narula (@chetannarula) July 9, 2019

So if play cannot start at 11:05 pm IST then it will resume tomorrow. I think India will definitely prefer that to a curtailed game. #IndvNZ

— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) July 9, 2019

Will it be advantage employees if Salary is given by Duckworth Lewis in rainy months. If baarish mein bhi employee is coming to office. What do HR log think?

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) July 9, 2019

A few other rain-affected World Cup games which went to the reserve day

Zim vs Ken, Patna, 1996 - two different matches played in two days

Eng vs Ind, Edgbaston, 1999

NZ vs Zim, Headingley, 1999 - still ended in a no-result#INDvsNZ#CWC19

— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) July 9, 2019

In case New Zealand doesn't bat again, India's target in
46 overs will be 237
40 overs will be 223
35 overs will be 209
30 overs will be 192
25 overs will be 172
20 overs will be 148#IndvNZ #NZvInd#CWC19 #CWC2019

— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) July 9, 2019

Okay it's official. After a lot of dilly-dallying the play is officially called off for the day. Resumes tomorrow at the same score. #INDvsNZ pic.twitter.com/HWRmS83ut1

— Royal Challengers (@RCBTweets) July 9, 2019