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Chandigarh Golf Club: Local lad Akshay Sharma returned a two-under 70 to join Manu Gandas in the clubhouse lead on day two of the inaugural Trident Open, an INR 1 crore event, being played at the Chandigarh Golf Club in Chandigarh on Wednesday. Akshay (69-70) totalled five-under 139 after 36 holes to lead the field along with Manu (66-73).

The second round could not be completed on Wednesday as play was suspended due to fading light at 5:40 pm local time. Seven players out of a total of 123 are yet to finish their second round. They will resume play at 6:50 am on Thursday.

Md Somrat Sikdar of Bangladesh, one of seven players with an unfinished second round, was sitting at a total of six under after 16 holes when play came to a halt on day two. He will be contending for the halfway lead once play resumes on Thursday morning.