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Strategic Route Optimization for IPL Teams: Boosting Economic Significance

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  • Bireshwar Bhattacharjee
  • Bishweshwar Bhattacharjee
  • Dibyojyoti Bhattacharjee
  • Santanu Choudhury

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In recent years, professional sports leagues have evolved significantly, becoming major economic enterprises for lower-middle income countries through massive revenue generation, job creation and a boost to ancillary industries. Thus, optimizing an efficient travel route is crucial to minimizing the cost of travelling, travel time, travel fatigue, logistical costs and overall economic viability. Efficient route scheduling is a crucial aspect for effectively managing large-scale tournaments, professional events and logistics management. This research attempts to investigate the effectiveness of dynamic programming in scheduling a sports tournament. The usefulness of dynamic programming is demonstrated in the context of the Indian Premier League (IPL), a popular cricket league in India. The findings of this research revealed that travel time in IPL 2023 was reduced by approximately 32% to 47%, while the total travel cost was reduced by 24% to 55% using dynamic programming. These improvements definitely help players manage fatigue, assist organizers in logistic management and enable broadcasters to manage coverage logistics. Thus, the study finds that dynamic programming can effectively enhance the economic viability of various sporting events, such as cricket, football or other large-scale multi-location events.

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  • Bireshwar Bhattacharjee & Bishweshwar Bhattacharjee & Dibyojyoti Bhattacharjee & Santanu Choudhury, 2026. "Strategic Route Optimization for IPL Teams: Boosting Economic Significance," Management and Labour Studies, XLRI Jamshedpur, School of Business Management & Human Resources, vol. 51(1), pages 48-67, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:manlab:v:51:y:2026:i:1:p:48-67
    DOI: 10.1177/0258042X251401347
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