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 After going 52 holes without dropping a shot at the Delhi Golf
Course (DGC), his bogey-free run came to an end on the 17th but a
two-under-par 69 was enough to finish ahead of holder Siddikur
Rahman on 12-under 201.
"I missed with my eight-iron on the 17th or else I would have still
been bogey-free," said Chawrasia who claimed both his previous
European titles on home soil.
"I want to think and play positive on the final day. The final round
is always special so I will play aggressively," he told reporters.
Chawrasia, the son of a greenkeeper, made a birdie-birdie start and
got a lucky break on the eighth when his tee shot deflected off a
tree and bounced 40 meters to the edge of the fairway.
 Bangladeshi Siddikur, who won the trophy two years ago before it was
co-sanctioned by the European Tour, also birdied the opening hole
but fell four shots behind after a double bogey on 15.
"I had a nice rhythm and picked up a couple of shots until the
double bogey," the DGC specialist said after his 70.
"I managed to recover well and made a great par save on 17 and then
managed to birdie the last so overall I am happy with one-under
today."
In his 11 starts at the DGC, Siddikur has won once at the 2013
Indian Open and registered another nine top-10 finishes.
"The birdie at the last was very important. Anything can happen in
this game. I am looking forward to tomorrow and hopefully I can play
the way I did on Thursday," he said.
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Australian Marcus Fraser was third on 206 after a 67.
Indian-born Swede Daniel Chopra made a brilliant eagle on the
par-five 18th to card a 65, the lowest round of the day, and join
Thai Prayad Marksaeng on 207.
Spaniard Miguel Angel Jimenez returned a second successive 71 to
close on 212.
(Reporting by Amlan Chakraborty, editing by Tony Jimenez)
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