Bengaluru's Chikkarangappa S struck a 67 and local favourite Karandeep Kochhar carded an error-free 68 as both players were hot on the leader's heels in tied second place at a total of 13-under 203 with an exciting finish lying in prospect on Sunday
Abhijit Singh Chadha (68-65), a three-time winner on the PGTI, kept his card clean for the second day in succession as he didn't drop a single bogey. Gaganjeet Bhullar stormed his way into contention shooting the day's joint-best round of 7-under 65 to be now placed second on the leaderboard.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi pointed out that this success was possible earlier but sports in India was marred by corruption and nepotism, instead of the required professionalism. "We cleaned that and raised confidence in the youth for their dreams.