Rashid third, Chawrasia seventh in Hong Kong

Rashid Khan rocketed to the third place with a card of seven under 63 as three Indians were inside top ten at the end of third round of the Hong Kong Open, here on Saturday.

SSP Chawrasia dropped a bogey on the 18th to slip to tied-seventh at eight-under total, carding seven under 63. Shiv Kapur lapsed on the front nine with three bogeys in his 69 and was tied-ninth at seven-under.

Rashid is four shots behind leader, Wade Ormsby (66).

Australia's Ormsby remained as the player to catch after he signed for a four-under-par 66 to head into the final round.

S Chikkarangappa (69) was tied- 39th while Rahil Gangjee (69) and Ajeeteesh Sandhu (72) were tied-45th.

Aman Raj (72) was tied-57th and Jyoti Randhawa was disqualified for turning in a wrong scorecard.

Thailand's Gunn Charoeenkul (65) was second while Rashid, Terry Pilkadaris (64), Taewoo Kim (66) and Jazz Janewattananond (67) were Tied-third.

The man in form and on fire on Saturday was Rashid. He had eight birdies against just one bogey. He birdied third, fifth and sixth and dropped a shot on ninth, but then strung together four birdies in a row from 10thto 13thand added another on 18th.

"I came to this week on Tuesday feeling sick as well. So I wasn't expecting to be in contention. I got better now and I told myself that I have played the course before and I should try my best to play well. Luckily, I did and I'm scoring well," Rashid said.

"It was the same thing for me the first two days too. I was hitting it really well and I hitting it close also but didn't really hole any putts. Today, I hit the ball bad but still got a good result. I made a lot of birdies and I holed some really good putts."