Rashid leads the field by four strokes in SAIL-SBI Open

A double bogey threatened to spoil his card but Rashid Khan made a superb recovery as he scored a three-under 69 to lead the field by four strokes at the halfway stage of the SAIL-SBI Open at the Delhi Golf Course here today.
The 23-year-old Indian, who launched his full Asian tour season with a sizzling career-best 11-under 61, found the going tough today after starting from backnine as he treaded three birdies and an eagle with a double bogey in the second round to aggregate 14-under 130.
Bangladesh's Siddikur Rahman, Australia's Unho Park and Sri Lanka's Mithun Perera shared the second spot with a two-day total of 10-under 134.

Siddikur was en epitome of consistency as he fired a consecutive five-under 67 while Park blasted a seven-under 65 to go with his 69 on day one. Mithun came up with a four-under 68 to lie four strokes behind Rashid.
But the star of the day was Martin Rominger of Switzerland who fired a scintillating nine-under 63 to lie at the fifth spot. He had scored 72 in the first round.
Two-time defending champion Anirban Lahiri put behind yesterday's disappointment and brought home a six-under 66 to be tied sixth along with Digvijay Singh, who scored a successive 68.
India's SSP Chowrasia (69), Scott Barr (70) of Australia and Japan's Akinori Tani (71) were tied eighth with a total of seven-under.

Playing on his home course, Rashid picked up a birdie at the 16th hole but miscued a tee shot at the 17th hole and he ended up dropping a double bogey.