Starting the day by completing two holes from round one in the morning, Bhullar carried the momentum straight into round two with four birdies on his front nine from 10, and three more on the back.
Gaganjeet Bhullar and Rashid Khan will also vie for top honours in the Rs One-crore prize money Delhi-NCR Open Golf Championship to be played at the Noida Golf Course from 4-7 April.
Bhullar, whose only international win at home came in a Challenge Tour event, is looking for his maiden Asian Tour success at home.
Sharma moved up two spots to a career-high 64th place on the Official World Golf Ranking.
The 29-year-old has won eight Asian Tour titles across Asia but never in India.
India’s Gaganjeet Bhullar took advantage of his sharp shooting game when he returned with an opening four-under-par 68 in the…
India’s Shiv Kapur finished tied 23rd, while Gaganjeet Bhullar and Jyoti Randhawa ended up at tied 27th position in the…
The 35-year-old Shiv shot a 67 to go into the weekend.
Gaganjeet Bhullar was four-under and tied fifth as four players, including 2017 Masters champion Sergio Garcia were at five-under.
Kapur won for the third time in 2017 two weeks ago in Pattaya after a final-round saw-see battle with Thailand’s Prom Meesawat.
