Avani Prashanth shot 68, and Aditi carded 69, and they were 8-under for three rounds. Among other Indians, Pranavi Urs (71) was T-44th, Hitaashee Bakshi (70) was T-55 and Diksha Dagar (75) was T-69
Pranavi had two birdies and two bogeys all on the back nine of the course and between the 13th and the 18th. Hitaashee had four birdies, but she also gave away three bogeys and a double bogey on Par-5 ninth
Diksha, who has five Top-10s this season, including a runner-up place, will play in France next two weeks before coming back home for the Women's Indian Open, where she has finished in the Top-3 in the past
Diksha Dagar's round was highlighted by two birdies in her final four holes, helping her recover from an earlier double bogey and secure a strong position heading into the next round
Avani Prashanth started on the tenth and birdied the 10th, 12th, 14th, 17th and 18th. She added a sixth on the second and was 6-under and looking at a top-10 finish. That's when she dropped shots on the third and the fifth but picked the last one at the seventh
After a successful pro start on her home Tour, the Women's Pro Tour, Pranavi came close to winning twice, finishing third each time in the Dormy Open and in the Open de Espana
Four Indians, including Avani Prashanth, who plans to turn pro with the Final qualifiers of the Ladies European Tour, joined Vani Kapoor, who failed to keep her card in 2024 and Hitaashee Bakshi, who topped the domestic WPGT
Pranavi, former Order of Merit winner in India, is tied third with Helen Briem of Germany who shot 66-69 to be 9-under. Lying second is Pia Babnik of Slovenia, who has had two straight 67s
Pranavi, playing her rookie season on the LET, birdied holes two, three, seven, eight, 12 and 18 for her round of six-under. The three players sharing the second place with Pranavi included the German duo Helen Briem and Patricia Isabel Schmidt, and Spain's Ana Pelaez Trivino all fired round
Manon De Roey, second on the Ladies European Tour's Order of Merit, was one of two players to master the difficult DLF course on Moving Day, returning a 7 under 65 along with Austria's Emma Spitz