<p>Overnight leader Vijay Punjabi continued his good run on day three by maintaining a narrow lead of six pins over Akaash Ashok Kumar in the Karnataka State Tenpin Bowling Championship at the PVR Blu O in Orion Mall here on Wednesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>In the medium oil pattern, Punjabi started on a high note with a 218, 194 and 249 in the first, second and third games respectively. He shot a poor 156 in game four but managed to recover with two high games of 215 and 204. <br /><br />The former national champion stayed on top with a total pinfall of 3754 after 18 games for an average of 208.56.<br /><br />Tuesday’s stand-out performer Akaash had a mixed day, scoring 210, 189, 224, 181 & 174 in the first five games. <br /><br />But Akaash came back strongly with a high performance of 257 in the sixth to finish the day with a total pinfall of 3748 for an average of 208.22.<br /><br /> Parvez Ahmed maintained his third position with a total pinfall in 3602 for an average of 200.11 <br /><br />Varun Ganapathy is placed fourth with a total pinfall of 3593, averaging 199.61.<br />Top 24 bowlers will bowl six games on short oil pattern on Thursday and top 12 bowlers, ranked based on total pinfall of 24 games, will move to round 3 to be held on Friday.</p>
<p>Overnight leader Vijay Punjabi continued his good run on day three by maintaining a narrow lead of six pins over Akaash Ashok Kumar in the Karnataka State Tenpin Bowling Championship at the PVR Blu O in Orion Mall here on Wednesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>In the medium oil pattern, Punjabi started on a high note with a 218, 194 and 249 in the first, second and third games respectively. He shot a poor 156 in game four but managed to recover with two high games of 215 and 204. <br /><br />The former national champion stayed on top with a total pinfall of 3754 after 18 games for an average of 208.56.<br /><br />Tuesday’s stand-out performer Akaash had a mixed day, scoring 210, 189, 224, 181 & 174 in the first five games. <br /><br />But Akaash came back strongly with a high performance of 257 in the sixth to finish the day with a total pinfall of 3748 for an average of 208.22.<br /><br /> Parvez Ahmed maintained his third position with a total pinfall in 3602 for an average of 200.11 <br /><br />Varun Ganapathy is placed fourth with a total pinfall of 3593, averaging 199.61.<br />Top 24 bowlers will bowl six games on short oil pattern on Thursday and top 12 bowlers, ranked based on total pinfall of 24 games, will move to round 3 to be held on Friday.</p>