Rahil Gangjee was the best-placed Indian at the weather-hit Hero Indian Open as he was four strokes adrift of Mohammad Siddikur, who fired a sensational six-under 66 to grab a two-stroke clubhouse lead, here today.
Gangjee, who shared the lead with five others including Siddikur after the opening round, was two-under at the 16th hole to be tied third at the moment in the unfinished second round at the prestigious Delhi Golf Club.
Gangjee picked up birdies at the first, sixth, 14th and 15th holes against a couple of bogeys at the fourth and 16th holes to lie four strokes adrift off Siddikur.
The ace Bangladesh golfer fired his second successive six under to steal the thunder from Thailand's Chapchai Nirat, who had grabbed the lead early in the day after returning a card of 68 to total 10-under.
Kolkata golfer SSP Chowrsia also brought home an improved four-under 68 to be tied fifth, along with Angelo Que (68) of Philippines after the second round, which started with one and a half hour delay due to foggy conditions and was suspended due to bad light in the evening with 26 golfers still to finish the round. They will come early tomorrow to finish the second round.
Shankar Das too was two-under after the first four holes to total seven-under so far. One stroke behind him were Indian duo of Anirban Lahiri and Sanjay Kumar, who carded 67 and 68 respectively.
One storke further adrift was Chirag Kumar, who too was stranded at the fourth hole after being two-under in three holes. Shamim Khan was even-par 72 to aggregate four-under.
Shiv Kapur blasted a six-under 66 after a horrendous 75 yesterday to aggregate three-under for two days, while Himmat Rai (69) and Arjun Atwal (70) brought home improved cards to total 143.
Gaganjeet Bhullar, who carded an even-par 72 today for a total of five-over, is set to miss the cut which is likely to be decided at one-over. Among other big names, former champion David Gleeson of Australia (81, 75) and Robert Rock (73,77) of England also are set to fall by the wayside tomorrow.
