Greater Noida, April 1 -- Sri Lankan N Thangaraja and Greater Noida's Saptak Talwar, playing at his home course, put up scores of five-under 67 to hold the joint lead in round one of the Rs 1.5 crore Adani Invitational Golf Championship 2025 being played at the Jaypee Greens Golf and Spa Resort, Greater Noida.

Om Prakash Chouhan of Mhow, Delhi golfer Arjun Prasad, Gurugram's Sunhit Bishnoi and Bangladeshi Md Somrat Sikdar were bunched in tied third place with identical scores of four-under 68.

N Thangaraja, a winner on the PGTI last month, went bogey-free on day one. He scored two birdies on the front-nine courtesy a tap-in and a 30-feet conversion. Thanga then began the back-nine with consecutive birdies on the 10th and 11th, landing h...