Indian sports news wrap, August 19


GOLFLahiri, Bhullar among four Indians making the cut in Newcastle

Lahiri

,

Bhullar

,

Sandhu

, and

Randhawa

were among the four Indian golfers who made the cut at the International Series England Golf Championship in Newcastle.

Lahiri

remained tied-8th after shooting a 2-under 69 in the second round, while

Bhullar

shot a 4-under 67 to comfortably make the cut. Also making the cut were

Sandhu

and

Randhawa

.

Young Spanish golfer

David Puig

shot a bogey-free five-under-par 66 to take a share of the lead at the halfway mark. He is at six-under along with

Jason Kokrak

and

David Puig

.

Ajeetesh Sandhu

and veteran

Jyoti Randhawa

made it to the weekend action as well.

A dozen Indians missed the cut, including

SSP Chawrasia

,

Karandeep Kochhar

,

S Chikkarangappa

,

Rashid Khan

,

Jeev Milkha Singh

,

Shiv Kapur

,

Viraj Madappa

,

Khalin Joshi

,

Honey Baisoya

,

Veer Ahlawat

,

Rahil Gangjee

, and

Kartik Sharma

.

Diksha moves up to seventh among women, Gandas stays in Top-10 in Northern Ireland

Diksha Dagar

moved up to tied-seventh among women at the ISPS HANDA World Invitational in Northern Ireland, shooting a one-over 74 in tough conditions. Meanwhile in the men’s competition,

Manu Gandas

stayed in the top-10 at tied-ninth.



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