New Delhi, December 10, 2025: Sri Lankan N Thangaraja moved to the top of the leaderboard after firing the second day’s best score of six-under 66 at the Vishwa Samudra Open 2025 presented by Kapil Dev, an INR 2 crore event, being played at the Delhi Golf Club (DGC).

Thangaraja (73-66), a three-time winner this year and currently placed fourth in the PGTI Ranking, took his 36-hole tally to five-under 139 for a two-stroke advantage over the rest of the field. Thanga, thus jumped 17 spots from his overnight tied 18^th.

Jairaj Singh Sandhu (68-73), the first-round leader, shot a 73 in round two to drop one place to second position at three-under 141.

Dhruv Sheoran (68), PGTI Order of Merit leader Yuvraj Sandhu (69), Viraj Madappa (69) and Rashid Khan (70) were all tied third at two-under 142.

Five players out of a total of 125 could not complete their second round on Wednesday when play was suspended at 5:30 pm local time due to fading light. These five players are scheduled to resume their second round from 7:30 am onwards on Thursday. Round three will not commence before 8:15 am.

The cut is likely to fall at eight-over 152.

The Vishwa Samudra Group, the Title Sponsor for the event, is a multilateral business conglomerate with over 15 companies, headquartered in Hyderabad, India. Its flagship company Vishwa Samudra Engineering Pvt. Ltd., is one of the fastest growing infrastructure companies in the country with a current working order book of INR 32,000 Cr in under 4 years. The company is constructing India’s first and the world’s second, urban ropeway project in Varanasi. In addition to that, it’s building a massive port on the east coast of India in Andhra Pradesh, apart from 4 National Highways and other Roads in the country. In 2025 VSE went global by entering Guyana with a US$ 412 Mn Road Project. The experience and credibility of the seasoned Vishwa Samudra team over the last decade has reflected their stellar work that has been transformative with futuristic thinking and commitment towards a sustainable environment.

PGTI’s continuous efforts to grow professional golf in India are supported all year round by its Tour Partners Rolex, Amul, IndusInd Bank, Victorious Choice, Campa, Amrutanjan Electro Plus, Golf Plus Monthly and Golf Design India.

On another high-scoring day, forty-four-year-old N Thangaraja, who missed last week’s PGTI event in Jaipur due to the floods in his native country Sri Lanka, outshined the rest of the field with his solid tee shots, approaches and chipping.

Thangaraja capitalized with birdies on all the four Par-5s. He sank two putts from a range of 12 to 20 feet and landed his chips within five feet on four occasions.

Thanga said, “My home in Colombo was affected by the recent floods. Fortunately, there was no major damage. I had decided not to play in Delhi this week as me and my family were still trying to get our lives back on track. But my wife insisted that I play in Delhi because I have been in good form. I missed out on practice for about 15 days with my home course also being flooded. I just managed to get one day of practice before leaving for Delhi.

“Keeping the circumstances in mind, I’m quite proud of my effort so far this week. I’m also coming from warm weather into the cold Delhi weather so adapting has taken some time. But I was back to striking the ball the way I was doing a few weeks back. That is reflected in my performance today.”