Super Saini opens up seven-shot lead

Ashbeer carded a round of one-over 72 to be at two-over 215 for the tournament.
Bangalore’s Khalin Joshi, who started the round tied for the lead, slipped out of contention with a round of eight-over 79. At nine-over 222, he is now sole second, with Anukar Chadha another three shots further back at 12-over 225.

Manu Gandas continued his run on top in Category B (U-15) at 18-over 231, despite a round of 11-over 82. Aman Raj replaced Honey Baisoya in second place, four shots behind the leader.

In Category C (U-12), Feroze Garewal is still in top place, only two shots clear of second-placed Piyush SAngwan. Arjun Prasad moved into top place in the juniormost category (U-10), at 24-over 166, with Karandeep Kochhar and Jaiveer Singh sharing second place at 26-over 168.

Leaderboard: Category A&B: 215: Ashbeer S Saini (70, 73, 72); 222: Khalin Joshi (69, 74, 79); 225: Ankur Chadha (74, 72, 79); 226: Trishul Chinappa (75, 73, 78), K Raghav Bhandari (75, 69, 82).

Category B: 231: Manu Gandas (74, 75, 82); 235: Aman Raj (84, 74, 77); 236: Rahul Ravi (81, 76, 79); 237: Roshan Raj (81, 78, 78), Honey Baisoya (77, 78, 82).
Category C: 239: Feroz Singh Garewal (75, 83, 81); 241: Piyush Sangwan (81, 78, 82); 243: Prakhar Asawa (80, 81, 82), Jairaj Singh Sandhu (83, 75, 85); 244: Harsh Gangwar (88, 78, 78).

Category D: 166: Arjun Prasad (85, 81); 168: Karandeep S Kochhar (88, 80), Jaiveer Singh (84, 84); 175: Arjun Puri (92, 83); 177: Kshitij Kaul (86, 91).