India, Dec. 7 -- Indian domestic cricket's busiest stretch of the year has run into India's worst airline disruption in recent memory, forcing the BCCI into emergency logistics and raising questions about how vulnerable the system is to a single carrier's collapse.

As IndiGo reels from mass cancellations triggered by pilot duty-time rules, state teams, age-group sides and match officials are scrambling to reach venues on time, turning routine hops into multi-leg operations via rail and road.

The immediate flashpoint is the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT) knockouts. Originally scheduled in Indore from December 12-18, the knockouts have been shifted to Pune after Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association informed the board of an acute hotel room ...