Sharma tied 47th after modest start

JEJU ISLAND, SOUTH KOREA: Indian golfer Shubhankar Sharma had a modest start in cold and windy conditions to card two-over 74 in the first round of the CJ Cup @ Nine Bridges here on Thursday. Sharma, who was T10 at the CIMB Classic last week, was T47 but six shots behind leader Chez Reavie (68).

Sharma, after a par start, had an eventful three-hole stretch with a bogey on second and backto-back birdies on next two holes. He ran into problems on the Par-3 seventh, where he double bogeyed. On the back nine, Sharma had three bogeys and two birdies and finished at 74.

“It was pretty tough out there. It was pretty windy and cold and it was tough. Not used to playing in cold conditions and I was just trying to keep my hands warm the whole day but it was a good day, had a lot of fun. I will try to come back strong tomorrow,” Sharma said.

SIDDHARTH STARS IN U MUMBA’S WIN

SONEPAT:IT needed a super raid to break the resolve of Haryana Steelers and who better than Siddharth Desai, the emerging star for U Mumba, to rise to the occasion on Wednesday. U Mumba emerged 42-32 winners in their fourth league encounter of the 6th Vivo Pro Kabaddi League in Sonepat, Haryana. Siddharth scored six points from a single raid to catapult his team from 13-13 to 19-13 with four minutes to go in the first half and effectively snuffed out the fight of the opposition.

The Steelers, however, managed to end their home leg with a hard-fought 34-31 win over Dabang Delhi KC on Thursday. Vikas Kandola came up with crucial raids and got able support from Monu Goyat and Naveen Kumar. RESULTS

Group A: Air India, Delhi 8 (Raheel Mohd 2, Uttam Singh 2, Abharan Sudev 2, Arjun Sharma, Faraz Mohd) bt Union Bank of India 0.

Central Railway (Yuvraj Walmiki, Reuben Kedari) drew PNB (Sanjay Singh, Gagandeep Singh).