BENGALURU, June 17 -- Amateur Zara Anand and Lavnya Jadon opened with identical cards of four-under 64 in the eighth Leg of the Hero Women's Pro Golf Tour to share the lead at the Bangalore Golf Club here on Wednesday.

The duo was one shot clear of Durga Nittur and Smriti Bhargav, who carded three-under 65 each at the par-68 course.

Two other young stars, Anvvi Dahhiya and amateur Mahreen Bhatia were tied fifth with two-under 66 each in the event carrying a purse of Rs.17 lakh, which started with 57 players, but Jahanvi Bakshi withdrew due to medical reasons.

Zara began with three pars before faltering with bogeys on the next two holes. Then she made her recovery with back-to-back birdies on the sixth and the seventh and yet another on t...