Riyadh, Nov 21 (PTI) India's Anirban Lahiri carded a fluctuating one-under in the third round to sit tied 21st, eight shots off the lead, going into the final day of the PIF Saudi International here on Friday.

After his scintillating round of 63 on Thursday lying tied-12th, Lahiri looked set to climb up the leaderboard.

But three bogeys in between his four birdies meant he goes into the last round with a score of 9-under 204, still eight behind the leaders Dean Burmester and Caleb Surratt, who are at -17.

Lahiri started the day encouragingly with a birdie on the 2nd before dropping a shot on the par-3 6th hole.

He then responded well with consecutive birdies on 8th and 9th to move inside the top-10 of the leaderboard, but two bogeys in three holes on the 12th and 14th set him back.

He

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