<p>After opening with back-to-back bogeys, Lahiri made amends to sink in six birdies and an eagle against a couple of more dropped strokes to be three shots off the pace at the USD 300,000 event.<br /><br />Rahil Gangjee was the only other Indian inside top-10 after carding a 68 to be tied for the 10th spot.<br /><br />Digvijay Singh was a stroke adrift of Gangjee at tied 15th. C Muniyappa and veteran Gaurav Ghei were tied for the 34th position after returning identical 71s. Further down Himmat Rai’s 73 saw him tied 54th.<br /><br />The biggest disappointment of the day was, however, Bhullar, who lost his way after a fine start.<br /><br />The Kapurthala-pro, who finished runners-up at last week’s Asian Tour event in Brunei, struck a hat-trick of birdies between the fourth and sixth holes but his fortunes nosedived soon after.<br /><br />A double bogey on the seventh was followed by another dropped shot on the eighth. Things didn’t improve in the back nine either and he stumbled to three bogeys against a lone birdie to round off a disappointing day at the tied 80th spot. <br /><br />Chiragh Kumar (76) and Manav Jani (77) were tied 109th and 121st respectively. At the top, Malaysia’s Danny Chia (64) seized a one-stroke first round lead over Asian Tour rookie Kiradech Aphibarnrat of Thailand at Seri Selangor Golf Club.<br /><br />Leading scores (after 18 holes): 64: Danny Chia (Mal); 65: Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Tha); 66: James Kamte (RSA), Iain Steel (Mal), Darren Beck (Aus); 67: Jbe Kruger (RSA), Shaaban Hussin (MAS), Anirban Lahiri (Ind), Noh Seung-yul (Kor); 68: Rahil Gangjee (Ind), Pariya Junhasavasdikul (Tha), Rick Kulacz (Aus), Mitchell Brown (Aus), Panuwat Muenlek (Tha).</p>
<p>After opening with back-to-back bogeys, Lahiri made amends to sink in six birdies and an eagle against a couple of more dropped strokes to be three shots off the pace at the USD 300,000 event.<br /><br />Rahil Gangjee was the only other Indian inside top-10 after carding a 68 to be tied for the 10th spot.<br /><br />Digvijay Singh was a stroke adrift of Gangjee at tied 15th. C Muniyappa and veteran Gaurav Ghei were tied for the 34th position after returning identical 71s. Further down Himmat Rai’s 73 saw him tied 54th.<br /><br />The biggest disappointment of the day was, however, Bhullar, who lost his way after a fine start.<br /><br />The Kapurthala-pro, who finished runners-up at last week’s Asian Tour event in Brunei, struck a hat-trick of birdies between the fourth and sixth holes but his fortunes nosedived soon after.<br /><br />A double bogey on the seventh was followed by another dropped shot on the eighth. Things didn’t improve in the back nine either and he stumbled to three bogeys against a lone birdie to round off a disappointing day at the tied 80th spot. <br /><br />Chiragh Kumar (76) and Manav Jani (77) were tied 109th and 121st respectively. At the top, Malaysia’s Danny Chia (64) seized a one-stroke first round lead over Asian Tour rookie Kiradech Aphibarnrat of Thailand at Seri Selangor Golf Club.<br /><br />Leading scores (after 18 holes): 64: Danny Chia (Mal); 65: Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Tha); 66: James Kamte (RSA), Iain Steel (Mal), Darren Beck (Aus); 67: Jbe Kruger (RSA), Shaaban Hussin (MAS), Anirban Lahiri (Ind), Noh Seung-yul (Kor); 68: Rahil Gangjee (Ind), Pariya Junhasavasdikul (Tha), Rick Kulacz (Aus), Mitchell Brown (Aus), Panuwat Muenlek (Tha).</p>