Singapore, 02-05-2014
Gangjee rises to tied fifth
Four other Indians make cut
Rahil Gangjee followed up his opening round 66 with a 67 in round two to rise to tied fifth place at The Championship in Singapore. Gangjee, the highest-placed Indian, currently lies two strokes off the lead at 11-under-133. Panuphol Pittayarat of Thailand is the leaderat 13-under-131.
Rahil, who had a bogey-free opening round, sank a whopping nine birdies against two bogeys and a double-bogey on Friday.
SSP Chowrasia fired a second straight 68 to move up from overnight tied 26th to tied 15th at eight-under-136.
PGTI member Mithun Perera (65-71) of Sri Lanka slipped from tied sixth to join Chowrasia in tied 15th after a 71 on day two.
Asian Tour Order of Merit leader Anirban Lahiri (67-70) lies tied 24th at seven-under-137.
Jeev Milkha Singh and Chiragh Kumar were the other two Indians to make the cut. Both Jeev and Chiragh were in tied 48th position at five-under-139.
The Indians who missed the halfway cut of four-under-140 were Digvijay Singh (three-under-141), Rashid Khan (two-under-142), Shiv Kapur (two-under-142), Himmat Rai (even-par-144) and Jyoti Randhawa (five-over-149).
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