Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Virat Kohli, second left, and others being congratulated by Mumbai Indians’ Sherfane Rutherford, left, after winning the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 T20 cricket match, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, on April 12, 2026.
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If the Royal Challengers Bengaluru innings, which stretched to 121 minutes — more than half an hour beyond the prescribed 90 minutes, including time-outs in the Indian Premier League — was cricket’s quickest format moving at a snail’s pace, the worse was yet to follow at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday (April 12, 2026) night.
After a 16-minute innings break, the Mumbai Indians’ chase lasted 124 minutes. The match eventually wrapped up nine minutes shy of midnight, taking the total duration to four hours and 21 minutes. It was long enough to set social media abuzz, with fans debating whether the marquee clash had outlasted several Indian films — not just Lagaan but even Dhurandhar.
Published – April 13, 2026 10:23 am IST
