Rai moves closer to maiden title

The 24-year-old Indian braved winds which were so strong on the 18th that players even felt that play could have been stopped or called off.

Himmat, has had rounds of 68, 66 and 66 to total 10-under 200 and is tied for lead with Adilson Da Silva of Brazil (65).

The duo are two clear of last year’s runner-up Joe Kruger (65) and Finland’s Kalle Samooja, who held a share of the lead with Rai after two rounds.

Of the other Indians who have made the cut, Anirban Lahiri (70), Abhishek Jha (67) and Vinod Kumar (67) were all tied 30th at one-under 209, while Sujjan Singh (70) and Ashok Kumar (70) were tied at 50th at one-over and Mandeo Pathania (73) was four-over 214 in tied 63rd place.

Kapur in tied third

Shiv Kapur is placed tied third after he shot 67 to move to seven-under 133 at the end of the delayed second round of the KLM Open in Hilversum, Netherlands.

However, three others Indians — Jeev Milkha Singh (71, 70), SSP Chowrasia (71, 72) and Gaganjeet Bhullar (71, 76) — missed the halfway cut.

Meanwhile, two closing birdies gave twice winner Simon Dyson the lead again. Irish Open champion Dyson added a 66 to his opening 65 to reach halfway on the nine under par mark of 131 and took sole lead.