Silverglades Delhi will now play DLF Gurgaon, winners of the tie against Jaypee Greens Greater Noida thanks to comfortable victories by Jyoti Randhawa and his brother-in-law Digvijay Singh. Randhawa, the 2002 Asian Tour Order of Merit winner, led by three strokes by the 10th hole and only had to ensure that he did not drop any strokes as his opponent R Murthy (3-over-75) wilted under pressure and dropped three strokes on the back nine, eventually losing by six strokes. Digvijay, in contrast, started poorly with a birdie, bogey, bogey on the first three holes but regained his composure to hit birdies on the sixth, 13th and 15th holes to end the round at 2-under-70 and ensuring himself a comfortable seven stroke win over Sanjay Kumar, who bogeyed five holes and did not have a single birdie to show for his effort.
Jaypee Greens Greater Noida's Gaganjeet Bhullar, continued his great run, earning his team a consolation point when he outplayed Abhinav Lohan by 10 strokes. Bhullar who began with an eagle on the second hole and then hit five more birdies - three on the back nine, ended his day with a score of 5-under-67. Lohan, unfortunately did not pose much of a threat to Bhullar, ending his round at 5-over-77 with consecutive bogeys on the final two holes.
In the play-offs, TAKE Chennai's Mukesh Kumar fought brilliantly to beat veteran Shubhkamna Noida's Jeev Milkha Singh; but his 4-under-68 went in vain with TAKE Chennai losing the other two matches of the encounter. Starting the proceedings for TAKE Chennai, young Khalin Joshi fought hard against Shubhkamna Noida's Abhijit Singh Chadha, but eventually lost the match as he finished with a 2-under-70 to Abhijit's 5-under-67. Sri Lankan Anura Rohana, playing against Shubhkamna Noida's Ashok Kumar carded a par-72, while Ashok Kumar ended 1-under par to give Shubhkamna Noida an unassailable 2-0 lead over TAKE Chennai. TAKE Chennai will now compete against AVT Kolkata for a 7th place finish where Anura Rohana is drawn to play Rahil Gangjee, while his teammate Mukesh Kumar plays against Shankar Das. Debutante Khalin Joshi is slotted to play against the 2011 PGTI Player of the Year Chiragh Kumar.
As the finalists of last year continue to fall, Puravankara Bangalore will battle Shubhkamna Noida for fifth position where Manav Jaini is slated to open the proceedings for Puravankara Bangalore with his match against Jeev Milkha Singh and Anirban Lahiri will take on Ashok Kumar while Omprakash Chouhan will play against Abhijit Singh Chadha from Shubhkamna Noida.
While tomorrow's play-offs have several delightful encounters lined up for the fans, all eyes will be on the summit clash where it will be a battle of experience versus fresh talent as DLF Gurgaon's Jyoti Randhawa takes on a young and equally impressive Rashid Khan from Silverglades Delhi.
Results
Semifinals:
Silverglades Delhi bt Navratna Ahmedabad 2-1
Rashid Khan (1-over-73) bt Vikrant Chopra (3-over-75)
Himmat Rai (Even Par 72) bt Vinod Kumar (1-over-73)
Shamim Khan (2-over-74) lost to Mithun Perera (2-under-70)
DLF Gurgaon bt Jaypee Greens Greater Noida 2-1
Jyoti Randhawa (3-under-69) bt R Murthy (3-over-75)
Digvijay Singh (2-under-70) bt Sanjay Kumar (3-over-75)
Abhinav Lohan (5-over-77) lost to Gaganjeet Bhullar (5-under-67)
Play-offs:
Shubhkamna Noida bt TAKE Chennai 2-1
Abhijit Singh Chaddha (5-under-67) bt Khalin Joshi (2-under-70)
Ashok Kumar (1-under-71) bt Anura Rohana (Even Par 72)
Jeev Milkha Singh (2-over-74) lost to Mukesh Kumar (4-under-68)
Purvankara Bangalore bt AVT Kolkata 2-1
Om Prakash Chouhan (5-under-67) bt Rahil Gangjee (1-under-71)
Manav Jaini (4-over-76) lost to Shankar Das (2-over-74)
Anirban Lahiri (4-under-69) bt Chiragh Kumar (4-over-76)
