Sharmila takes lead

Sharmila Nicollet’s fabulous three-under 67 helped her take the lead after the second round of the fourth leg of the Hero Women’s Professional Golf Tour at the Tollygunge Club course here on Wednesday. Sharmila picked up four birdies against a lone bogey on the 16th hole to gather a total 142.

The scores: Sharmila Nicollet (75, 67) 142; Amandeep Drall (71, 72) and Vani Kapoor (70, 73) 143; Saaniya Sharma (69, 76) 145; Mehar Atwal (73, 74) 147; Afsan Fatima (74, 74), Smriti Mehra (72, 76) and Gaurika Bishnoi (71, 77) 148; Neha Tripathi (78, 73) 151; Gursimar Badwal (76, 78) 154.