Sports analytics: Indian premier league scheduling problem Saxena Richa1, Kanwal Riddhi2, Jain Saiyam3, Gandhi Shanay4, Soni Shefali5 1Assistant Professor, NMIMS, ASMSOC, Mumbai Campus, India, Email id: richaks04@gmail.com 2Student, NMIMS, ASMSOC, Mumbai Campus, India, Email id: riddhikanwal155@gmail.com 3Student, NMIMS, ASMSOC, Mumbai Campus, India, Email id: saiyamjain172@yahoo.in 4Student, NMIMS, ASMSOC, Mumbai Campus, India, Email id: shanay.gandhi@gmail.com 5Student, NMIMS, ASMSOC, Mumbai Campus, India, Email id: shefalisonii99@gmail.com Online published on 17 September, 2019. Abstract Indian Premier League (IPL) is one of the most successful and popular tournament amongst cricket playing nations in the world. This paper aims at applying operations research to the problem of scheduling the IPL games in India. Sports scheduling has been based and restricted to one variable, which is the minimization of distance travelled by teams during the course of the tournament. We have used the Linear programming problems technique to analyse the application of sports scheduling in the Indian premier league. The limitations of the paper are broadly categorised under economic and overall spectacle contribution reasons. In conclusion, linear programming can be applied in scheduling IPL matches to save costs and maintain a home and away game balance. Top Keywords Minimization Problems, IPL, Scheduling Problems, Linear Programming. Top |