DLS Method: How Rain Rewrites a Cricket Target

DLS treats every innings as two resources: balls remaining and wickets in hand, not just runs.

The chasing team gets a revised target because rain cuts its resources, so fewer runs can still win.

Par score is the live benchmark: be ahead of it when rain hits and you are winning.

A result needs minimum overs bowled in the second innings: 20 in an ODI, 5 in a T20.

If both teams finish level on DLS, a Super Over usually decides knockouts.