20 Apr 2010

McCullum and Bond finish IPL

6:18 am on 20 April 2010

The New Zealand cricketers Brendon McCullum and Shane Bond have completed their Indian Premier League on a high helping the Kolkata Knight Riders beat top qualifiers the Mumbai Indians by 9 wickets.

Bond took 2 for 24 and McCullum hit an unbeaten 57 as Kolkata finished 6th in the 8-team competition.

Mumbai rested Sachin Tendulkar from the match... they play the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the first semi-final on Thursday morning, then the Deccan Chargers play the Chennai Super Kings on Friday morning.