Rashid shoots into lead in Eastern India Junior/Sub Junior Golf

Kolkata, Nov 8 (UNI) Delhi lad Rashid Khan shot a superb four-under 66 to take a one-stroke lead over overnight leader Amanjyot Singh of Jaipur in Category A at the end of the half-way stage of the Sunfeast Eastern India Junior/Sub Junior Golf Championship here today.

Chandigarh boy Abhijit Chadha was in the third position with a total of 144 while MV Pradumna Prakash of Chennai was in the fourth spot. The host city's challenge was led by Kanisk Tulsyan who was tied with Prakash. Another Kolkata lad Karanbir Choudhury was ninth.

K Raghav Bhandari of Chandigarh was leading in Category B with a two-day total of 146 while Delhi lad Viraat Badhwar led the Category C with a total of 153. Bangalore lad Akash Srinivasan emerged as the leader in Category D with an opening round of 77. Top scores after 18 holes: Group A: 137 Rashid Khan (71, 66); 138 Amanjyot Singh ( 68,70); 144 Abhijit S Chadha (73,71); 148 MV Pradyumna Prakash (73,75), Kanishk Tulsyan ( 74,74); 151 Rudresh Sharma (72,79), Rahul Bakshi (77,74); 152 Ajay Verma ( 73,79); 153 Karanbir Choudhury (75,78), Wasim Khan (76,77).

Group B: 146 K Raghav Bhandari (71, 75); 149 Kapil Kumar ( 75,74), Chikkarangappa S (78,71); 153 Khalin H Joshi (79, 74); 155 Rommel Majumdar ( 76, 79); 158 Samrat Taru Basu (78,80); 159 Bharat Kollapudi (78, 81); 160 Anish Gupta (77,83); 162 Kunaal Bhatia (83, 79); 163 Sameer Chaudhary (82, 81).

Group C: 153 Viraat Badhwar (80, 73); 155 Hemandra Choudhary (74, 81); 156 Tarun Deep Singh Chadha (78, 78); 157 Ashbeer Singh Saini (84, 73); 158 Sayeed Saqib Ahmed (81, 77) Group D (Round-1): 77 Akash Srinivasan; 82 Jairaj Singh Sandhu; 84 Honey Baisoya; 86 Akshath Vidyanath, Piyush Sangwan.

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