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Pukhraj Singh Gill: Pukhraj Singh Gill, who has come close to a win on more than one occasions put himself in the pole position with an outstanding round of 9-under 63 on the Par-72 Beldih Golf Course in the IGPL Invitational Jamshedpur hosted by Arjun Munda.

Pukhraj opened a massive lead of four shots over Harendra Gupta, an experienced star who like him is looking for his maiden win in the IGPL. Harendra, who has won on the domestic Tour in the past, before coming over to IGPL, shot 5-under 67 and was tied second with Sudhir Sharma (67) and Sachin Baisoya (67).

Yashas Chandra, who recovered from an early bogey on his starting hole, the third, found five birdies after that to be 4-under and sole fifth.