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India women cricket team will be up against defending champions Australia in the second semifinal match of the ICC Women ODI World Cup 2025 at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on Thursday. The biggest concern for both sides will be the weather in Mumbai on Thursday as well as Friday the reserve day for the clash. A yellow alert for rain has been issued for Navi Mumbai on the day of the semifinal clash on Thursday from 1030am in the morning to at least 1pm in the afternoon. It means that Harmanpreet Kaur’s Team India may be facing the prospect of not only a delayed start but also possibly a rain-curtailed encounter. By the time the game gets underway around 3pm in the afternoon there is expected to be a 95 per cent cloud cover over the stadium with 25 per cent possibility of rain as well. The maximum temperature will be around 32 degrees with humidity at around 58 per cent. There is not much good news in the evening as well with 100 per cent cloud cover predicted as they humidity is expected to rise to around 68 per cent as well although the temperature will be around 26 degrees. Check weather prediction for India Women vs Australia Women ICC Women ODI World Cup 2025 semifinal 2 HERE… The pitch for the game will be the same one on which Sri Lanka Women team edged out Bangladesh game was played earlier this month. The track is completely lacking in any grass and has a brown look to it which should help the Indian slow bowlers against the powerful Australian batters. Is there a provision of Reserve Day for ICC Women ODI World Cup 2025 semifinals The ICC have kept a provision for Reserve Day in both the semifinals as well as the final of the ICC Women ODI World Cup 2025. If the game cannot be completed regulation this on Thursday it will resume from the same stage on Friday. However there is bad news for the cricket fans as rain is expected in Navi Mumbai on the Reserve Day on Friday as well. Both sides will be hoping that they can get the game out of the way on Thursday evening even if it is a rain-curtailed one. If the match ends in a no-result on both Thursday and Friday then Australia will go through to the final to face South Africa on Sunday as they finished higher in the points table than Team India.