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.

Mumbai Indians skipper Hardik Pandya won the toss and opted to field against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in an Indian Premier League match on Sunday (April 12, 2026).

MI made two changes to their playing XI, bringing in Mitchell Santner and Mayank Markande in place of AM Ghazanfar and Deepak Chahar.