Chacarra leads as McIlroy fades before play halted

Eugenio Chacarra extends his lead at the DP World India Championship but Rory McIlroy loses ground before the third round is halted because of darkness. -14 E Chacarra (Spa) (11*); -12 J Luiten (Ned) (12*), A Hidalgo (Spa) (11*); -11 D Hillier (NZ) (14*), A Meronk (Pol) (11*), S Jamieson (Sco) (11*); -10 T McKibbin (NI) (14*), JC Ritchie (SA) (14*), T Clements (Eng) (12*), J Girrbach (Swi) (12*) Selected others: -9 T Fleetwood (Eng); -8 R MacIntyre (Sco) (13*), D Bradbury (Eng); -7 S Lowry (Ire), L Canter (Eng); -6 P Reed (US) (13*), E Pepperell (Eng) (12*), M Armitage (Eng); -5 A Rai (Eng) (14*) -4 R McIlroy (NI) (15*); -2 J Rose (Eng) (11*) *Denotes number of holes played before play ended on day one Eugenio Chacarra extended his lead at the DP World India Championship but Rory McIlroy lost ground before the third round was halted because of darkness.

Spain's Chacarra led by one shot at 10 under after two rounds at the weather-hit event at Delhi Golf Club and sits two clear after 11 holes of his third round. After successive rounds of 67, the 26-year-old birdied four of his opening seven holes to cement his place at the top as he bids to replace American Patrick Reed at the summit of the season-long Race