# Cheema fires 61 to take lead at Telangana Open 2026 2026-08-25T22:40:48+00:00 | Sports | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet (2 source reports) Angad Cheema shot a bogey-free 11-under 61 in the second round of the Telangana Open 2026 at Vooty Golf County in Vikarabad, taking a two-shot lead at 13-under 131. The career-low round for the Chandigarh-based golfer included a chip-in eagle on the par-five 12th. Cheema said he felt a lower score might be possible after racing to six-under through seven holes. Delhi’s Rashid Khan is second at 11-under 133 after rounds of 66 and 67. Hyderabad’s Vishesh Sharma, returning from illness, held third at 10-under 134. First-round co-leaders Akshay Sharma and Manu Gandas dropped to tied fourth and tied seventh respectively. The cut fell at one-under 143, with 50 players advancing to the final two rounds. Play resumes Wednesday morning. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Angad Cheema’s 11-under 61 vaulted him to a two-stroke lead in the Telangana Open 2026, pushing first-round co-leaders Akshay Sharma and Manu Gandas to fourth and tied seventh. The coverage is uniform straight reporting with no discernible stance, consistent with telanganatoday.com’s neutral-report history. Both articles focus on scores, player quotes, and field conditions. The cut stands at one-under 143, with 50 players advancing to the final two rounds at Vooty Golf County on Wednesday. ## Coverage Coverage: 2 sources, 2 neutral - telanganatoday.com (neutral report) Straight reporting of scores, player quotes, tournament facts - telanganatoday.com (2) (neutral report) Straight reporting of scores, player quotes, tournament facts This brief was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources. Last updated 2026-09-27T06:22:16+00:00. Tags: Akshay Sharma, Manu Gandas, PGTI, Vikarabad Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/akshay-sharma-and-manu-gandas-share-telangana-open-lead/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/akshay-sharma-and-manu-gandas-share-telangana-open-lead/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/