Corey connors

Sahith Theegala: First-round co-leader Sahith Theegala slipped down the leaderboard after a challenging second round at the Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass in Florida on Friday. Theegala carded a 2-over 74 in the second round, which pushed him down the standings to T-23 despite his strong opening round performance.

Meanwhile, Akshay Bhatia made a modest climb up the leaderboard with a steady 1-under 71, and he is T-28th.

Among the other players of Indian origin in the field, Sudarshan Yellamaraju successfully made the cut after posting rounds of 73 and 72 to sit in tied 52nd place. However, Indo-British golfer Aaron Rai was unable to progress to the weekend after recording back-to-back rounds of 74, leaving him outside the cut line.