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My collegaue, Peter Griffiths from IMG, and

I created over 100 versions of the schedule
because the truth is we anticipated a positive
solution but, in the end, our job was to ensure

that the League happened without ever

compromising on security.
SUNDAR RAMAN

one hundred and eleven

schedules later...

I always felt that we could get to a solution
but, I must say, I spent almost 20 days in India

reworking the schedule and trying to come
up with one that would work on all levels.

Security was our prime concern and we also
needed a schedule that was coherent as
well as proper from a sporting perspective.

The nightmare would be to start again and

accommodate for the domino effect. For you
would suddenly find that the Mumbai Indians
couldn’t be in Mumbai one day and playing in

Chennai the next. We had to take into account
the travelling time, the spectators - could we

expect them to go see cricket 4 days in a row at
one venue. We also had to think of the TV crews

and the overall logistics. So, changing the date
for one game would often mean moving 6 to 7

games around.
PETER GRIFFITHS

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