Leader Kochhar breathes easy

The 26-year-old shot two birdies on final three to take one-shot lead over best performer of the day - Pukhraj Singh, Pranavi slips to third place

- Irfan Haji

It was a grind for first day's joint leaders Karandeep Kochhar and Pranavi Urs but both finished strong on Wednesday to set up the stage for a riveting final day of the three-day round 2 of IGPL Invitational Mumbai at the Bombay Presidency Golf Club in Chembur.

Both had shot 6-under on Tuesday to come on top of the leader board. However, Kochhar shot 2-under on the second day to end up sole leader at 8-under and Pranavi was on even par to end third overall (130) with 6-under after two days of play.

However, the day belonged to Pukhraj Singh Gill who nailed a birdie on the 18th hole to end with 5-under on Wednesday and overall 7-under. His best performance of the day made him sole leader momentarily after he finished second day's engagements, but both Kochhar and Urs had three holes more to go at that point of time. Pukhraj won last IGPL in Jamshedpur and he showed the form on Wednesday to be the strong title challenger to Kochhar.