Indian Sports Wrap, March 6: Pranavi Urs enters top-10 in Australian Women’s Classic

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Pranavi shoots 66 to force her way into Top-10, Diksha also makes cut

Pranavi Urs carded a bogey free 6-under 66 to place herself in Top-10 after the second round of the Australian Women’s Classic. Pranavi, who shot even par 72 in the first round is now 6-under for 36 holes and is tied-seventh. She is the best of the four Indians playing this week.

Diksha Dagar (69-73) was T-22 while Avani Prashanth (77-72) and Hitaashee Bakshi (82-69) despite a 13-shot improvement in the second round, missed the cut.

Kelsey Bennett continued her solid start to 2026 posting a round of 68 (-4) to move one shot clear in her home state.

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Rajasthan Regals wins inaugural PGTI’s 72 The League title

Rajasthan Regals emerged champion at the inaugural PGTI’s 72 The League with a commanding 12-3 win over table-topper UP Prometheans on Friday.

After qualifying for the finale from the league stage as the second-placed team, Regals got its revenge over Prometheans for its crushing 4-10 loss against it in the fifth round of the league.

The winning team received a stunning trophy and Rs. 1 cr as prize money. The runner-up team took home Rs 50 lakh.

Prometheans put together its two strongest players – unbeaten captain Shaurya Bhattacharya and Arjun Prasad – in the singles upfront.

However, Regals demolished that plan with Jairaj Singh Sandhu, who beat Bhattacharya 4-3, and Akshay Sharma, who defeated Prasad 2-1.

With only one win required from the remaining three matches on the field, Regals sealed the deal when Aryaman Mohan and Yuvraj Singh beat Joshua Seale and Arjun Sharma on the 18th hole.

Young Mohan had the honour of making the winning putt for his team, when teams tied the final hole.

In the remaining fourball matches, Regals captain Ajeetesh Sandhu lost his first match of the tournament in the company of Michele Ortolani, while Chikkarangappa S and Dhruv Sheoran completed the 12-3 margin with an inconsequential 2-1 win over Gaurav Pratap Singh and Pranav Mardikar.

“It’s been an incredible honour to lead this bunch of players. From the moment of the auction, I knew we had a lot of depth in the team. However, more importantly, when we got together for the first time, everyone jelled with each other. The chemistry has been fantastic,” Sandhu said.

Charminar Champions won the Plate Championship.

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Aditi in top 10 in China after first round

Indian golfer Aditi Ashok opened her week at the Blue Bay LPGA with round of 4-under 68 to be placed T-7, here.

Ashok began her round on the back nine and made a bogey on the 13th before bouncing back with a birdie on the 14th.

She made birdie on the 18th as well to close the back nine with a score of one under. On the front nine the 27 year old made birdies on the third, sixth and eighth to close the round with a score of 4-under par.

The Blue Bay LPGA is Aditi’s first event of the 2026 season and a strong result would help her better her 75th place finish on the CME rankings in 2025.

Chinese players Mary Liu and Weiwei Zhang are in the lead along with Youmin Hwang of South Korea after the first round. The three players shot rounds of 6-under 66.

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Lahiri Tied 10th in Hong Kong after second round

Anirban Lahiri (66-65) moved into the top-10 after the second round at the Liv Golf Hong Kong.

At 9-under for T-10 position, he was five behind Dean Burmester and Carlos Ortiz, who are the co-leaders.

Hoping to chase them down was Thomas Detry, one of the seven players and a caddie stranded in Dubai.

They were helped by Legion XIII Captain Jon Rahm who helped arrange a private flight from the region for seven players and a caddie. Detry was among them.

Detry, in his first season on LIV Golf, is now solo third after 36 holes at Hong Kong Golf Club, shooting a second-round 7-under 63 to move to 13 under, one shot behind Burmester and Ortiz.

Rahm, meanwhile, shot 62 and is now solo fourth at 12 under.

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Shubhankar Sharma off to a fine start in South Africa

India’s Shubhankar Sharma shot 4-under par in the first round after play was suspended early at Joburg Open.

Sharma was 4-under through 14 holes and T12 when play was suspended due to darkness.

He was two shots behind the five first round co-leaders, Jayden Schaper, Nathan Kimsey, Max Steinlechner, Angel Ayora and Dan Bradbury, who carded 6-under 64 each.

Sharma began the day with a bogey before making four birdies in the next seven holes to be three under par after the front nine.

Sharma started the back nine with a fifth birdie to place him at 4-under par. The birdies were made on the third, fifth, sixth, eighth and 10th holes. He parred his last eight holes.

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Published on Mar 06, 2026