Rafiq Ali sizzles

Rafiq is one stroke ahead of a trio that can give any leader a nightmare. Shiv Prakash, twice winner on the Tour this year, Jyoti Randhawa, who has always had good results at this course, and Uttam Singh Mundy, who already has one Honda carwhich he won three years back at the same tournament, are one stroke behind at 209.

Scores after 36 holes (cut applied at eight over 152; 46 pros and one amateur made the cut): 208: Rafiq Ali (73, 70, 65); 209: Shiv Prakash (71, 69, 69), Jyoti Randhawa (71, 70, 68), Uttam Singh Mundy (70, 71, 68); 210: Vijay Kumar (72, 69, 69); 216: Pappan (71, 73, 72), Gaurav Ghei (73, 72, 71); 217: Amandeep Johl (70, 73, 74), Jeev Milkha Singh (72, 71, 74), Basad Ali (73, 72, 72); 218: Mohd. Maqbool (74, 70, 74), Ali Sher (72, 72, 74); Daniel Chopra (75, 70, 73), Mukesh Kumar (73, 73, 72), Vivek Bhandari (73, 73, 72); 219: Amritinder Singh (71, 73, 75), Indrajit Bhalotia (70, 76, 73), Vishal Singh (72, 75, 72); 220: SSP Chowrasia (76, 72, 72), Jumman (73, 75, 72); 221: Sanjay Kumar (75, 74, 72); 222: Binod Pandey (74, 76, 72), Gast Ram (77, 75, 70).