
Adelaide, March 13 Diksha Dagar, Vani Kapoor, and Avani Prashanth made the halfway cut at the Women's Australian Open, while two other Indian golfers, Hitaashee Bakshi and Pranavi Urs, missed the cut on Friday.
Diksha, who was the top Indian last week, shot 2-over par 74 and was currently 2-over par after two rounds.
Vani added 2-over par 74 to her first round score of 72. She was also 2-over par after 36 holes, and the duo were tied for 31st place.
Avani, who had missed the cut in her previous two starts, shot 77 on the first day and added 72 to make the cut at 5-over par.
She was tied for 60th place, as 67 players made the cut.
Hitaashee (77-74) and Pranavi (78-75) missed the cut.
Celine Herbin will take a one-shot lead into the weekend after carding a second round score of 69 (-3) at the challenging Kooyonga Golf Club, bringing her to six-under par.
Major winner Hannah Green is just one stroke behind, tied for second place alongside her compatriot Kirsten Rudgeley and France's Agathe Laisne, who recently won the Ford Women's NSW Open.
Herbin, who came alive on the back nine, the course's front nine, after 10 consecutive pars, posted birdies at the 2nd, 4th, 5th, and 6th holes to take a two-shot lead. However, she gave two shots back to the field with a double bogey on the 8th hole.
But with the Adelaide heat cooling down, the 43-year-old made a clutch birdie at the par-5 9th hole thanks to a wonderful third shot.
She leads a closely contested field by a single shot heading into the weekend in Australia.
One of the contenders, seven-time LPGA winner Green, carded five birdies in her final 10 holes to recover from a double-bogey at the 7th hole and post a 69 (-3).
There has not been an Australian winner of the Women's Australian Open since Karrie Webb lifted the trophy in 2014.