How do you build resilient systems to manage the IPL with 30+ million concurrent users?

How do you build resilient systems to manage the IPL with 30+ million concurrent users?

Mar 1, 2024

The Indian Premier League is a unique sporting event for a dozen reasons. But for engineers in India, it’s one of a kind. Very few companies can boast of managing 30+ million concurrent users. Every year, this number grows. Last year, we witnessed ~60 million concurrent users. And things get bigger and larger every year.

How does an engineer operate and balance this rapid scale? Imagine 10 million people logging into your app in 5 minutes? How does one plan, iterate, and orchestrate systems at this scale?
We believe engineering stories around “Cricket Scale” are seldom spoken. So, here’s a series of talks about managing systems at that scale and how different teams, from engineering to product and management, come together to collaborate.