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Chowrasia, Ganapathy and Chirag share lead

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GREATER NOIDA (Uttar Pradesh): Shiv Shankar Prasad Chowrasia fired eight birdies after an opening-hole bogey and returned the day's best seven-under 65 for a two-round aggregate of 135 to lead with two others in the Rs. 70-lakh BILT Open golf championship at the Jaypee Greens here.

Rahul Ganapathy who started the day in joint lead, shot a 69 to remain second to none at the halfway stage.

Amateur Chirag Kumar continued his dream run by shooting a 66 and kept company of the two professionals at the top. Jyoti Randhawa was a shot off the leaders after a 70.

Chowrasia hit the ball very well and concentrated on reaching the greens in regulation. Having kept his Asian Tour card, Chowrasia played without any pressure and putted confidently. Ganapathy missed a number of birdie opportunities and settled for a 69 after losing his way somewhat on the back-nine. Chirag had seven birdies besides a bogey on the 18th.

The `cut' came at six-over 150 and kept 61 players in the fray over the weekend.

The scores: S.S.P. Chowrasia (70, 65), Chirag Kumar (A) (69, 66) and Rahul Ganapathy (66, 69) 135; Jyoti Randhawa (66, 70) 136; Himmat Rai (A) (68, 69) 137; Amandeep Johl (70, 58), Lam Chi Bing (70, 68) and Harmeet Kahlon (66, 72) 138; Gurbaaz Mann (67, 72) 139; Rafael Ponce (Ecu) (69, 71) and Harinder Gupta (69, 71) 140; Shiv Kapur (75, 66), Amardip Malik (73, 68), Digvijay Singh (71, 70) and Gagan Verma (67, 74) 141; Jaiveer Virk (73, 69), Vivek Bhandari (72, 70), Rick Gibson (Can) (72, 70), A. S. Lehal (70, 72), Uttam Singh Mundy (68, 74) and C. Muniyappa (67, 75) 142; B. G. Lalith Kumar (SL) (74, 69), Naman Dawar (71, 72), Vikrant Chopra (74, 70), Arjun Singh (73, 71), Rafick Ali (73, 71), S. Madaiah (72, 72) and Raju Ali (69, 75) 144.

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