New Delhi, Oct. 17 -- The Indian duo of Rahil Gangjee and DhruvSheoran made impressive starts on day one at the DP World India Championship,being played at the Delhi Golf Club.

Even as former Open champion Shane Lowry of Ireland shot a sizzling eight-under 64 to take the first-round lead and former Indian Open winner Keita Nakajima of Japan struck a 65 to be in second place, the Indian flag flew high thanks to the efforts of Rahil Gangjee (67) and Dhruv Sheoran (68) who ended round one in tied fourth and tied seventh positions, respectively.

Yuvraj Sandhu (69) was the next-best Indian in tied 17th place. Anirban Lahiri and Abhinav Lohan shot scores of 70 to be tied 28th. Shubhankar Sharma's score of 74 placed him tied 99th.

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