Kolkata Mar 18 PTI Yuvraj Singh Sandhu produced a gritty final round score of four-under 66 to record the lowest winning total of 21-under 259 in the TATA Steel PGTI Players Championship 2022 here on Friday Twenty-five-year-old Yuvraj made a final flourish with an eagle-two on the 16th and a 35-feet birdie conversion on the 18th that helped him to prevail in a thriller and earn his second title Chandigarh-based Yuvraj 67-65-61-66 the third round leader by three shots was given a scare by Kolkatas Viraj Madappa 64-70-62-64 who shot the days joint best score of 64 before he finished runner-up at 20-under 260 Yuvrajs victory his second in four months lifted him from 23rd to second place in the PGTI Order of Merit after he picked up the winning cheque worth Rs 808250 Rahil Gangjee originally from Kolkata now based in Bengaluru secured the third place at 17-under 263 following his final round of 66 Twenty-four-year-old Viraj Madappa who was overnight tied second and three off the lead had turned the tables early on Friday with six birdies over the first 13 holes with all aspects of his game coming together At that stage Madappa a winner on the Asian Tour enjoyed a three-shot lead over Yuvraj After Viraj dropped a bogey on the 14th and both he and Yuvraj picked up birdies on the 15th there was a momentum shift back in favour of Yuvraj Yuvraj came up with an incredible approach shot from 99 yards on the 16th that found the hole for an eagle and brought him on level terms with Madappa Yuvraj finally nailed an unbelievable 27-feet birdie putt on the 18th to get over the line and break the record for the lowest winning total at Tollygunge Club previously standing at 18-under 262 which was jointly held by Md Zamal Hossain Mollah Bengal Open 2019 and Anirban Lahiri PGTI Players Championship 2011 Rashid Khan and Shamim Khan were tied fourth at 16-under 264 Kolkatas SSP Chawrasia finished tied ninth at 11-under 269 while Indian golf legend Jeev Milkha Singh ended tied 17th at eight-under 272 PTI SSC SSC ATK ATK

Kanpur Nov 28 PTI Debutant Shreyas Iyer hit a patient half-century to rescue India to 167 for seven in their second innings at tea on the fourth day of the opening Test against New Zealand here on Sunday Resuming at the overnight score of 14 for one India lost four wickets for the addition of 70 runs in the morning session before Iyer and Wriddhiman Saha joined hands to stitch crucial 83 runs for the seventh wicket and extend Indias lead to 216 First innings centurion Iyer 65 got out just before tea but Saha was not out on 22 at the break For New Zealand Tim Southee 348 and Kyle Jamieson 326 picked up three wickets each Brief Scores India 1st Innings 345 New Zealand 1st Innings 269 India 2nd innings 167 for 7 in 602 overs Shreyas Iyer 65 Ravichandran Ashwin 32 Wriddhiman Saha 22 not out Kyle Jamieson 326 Tim Southee 348 PTI SSC SSC ATK ATK