Jahanvi rallies to stay in front

Visakhapatnam:

Jahanvi

Bakshi had a superb back nine with four birdies to keep a two-shot lead after the second round of the second leg of the Hero Women's Pro golf Tour at the East Point golf club here on Thursday.Amateur Sneha Singh (70-70) was two shots behind the leader and

Neha Tripathi

(73-68) and Rhea Purvi Saravanan (72-69) trailed them with 141. Ridhima Dilawari slipped to fifth with a 73, while Gaurika Bishnoi moved up to fifth with 68, the day's other best card along with Neha Tripathi. After her 68 on the first day, Jahanvi lost ground with bogeys on third and ninth. Sneha Singh had one-under to move in front. Ridhima was one-over after the front nine and caught up with Jahanvi.On the back nine, Jahanvi had birdies on 11th, 12th, 14th and 17th for a 70 to take the lead. Sneha dropped a shot on eighth, but got back a shot on 15th to score a second straight 70.Neha picked three birdies on the back nine to finish the day at 68 and jumped to third.The cut fell at 11-over with

Saaniya Sharma

and Suchitra Ramesh missing out. Leading scores (after 36 holes): 138: Jahanvi Bakshi (68, 70); 140: Sneha Singh (A, 70, 70); 141: Neha Tripathi (73, 68), Rhea Purvi (72, 69); 142: Ridhima Dilawari (69, 73); 144: Gaurika Bishnoi (76, 68).