Gold Coast (Australia), March 21 Indian golfers Hitaashee Bakshi and Diksha Dagar are both ranked T-6 after the third round of the Australian WPGA Championship, with a total score of 9 strokes under par here.
Hitaashee carded a round of 4 under par (67) to gain two positions, while Diksha put together a round of 6 under par (65) on the third day to move up from T-16 to T-6.
Hannah Green is looking set to claim her third title in as many events, having won her home event, the Women's Australian Open, just last week, and the HSBC Women's World Championships on the LPGA two weeks before that.
Green carded a third round of 4 under par (67) to maintain a two-stroke lead, as she is being chased by Vanessa Knecht of Switzerland and Casandra Alexander of South Africa.
Green made seven birdies and four bogeys in her third round. Her current total stands at 14 strokes under par.
Bakshi had two birdies and three bogeys in the first eight holes, but she rallied back and made consecutive birdies on the 11th and 12th holes before making another on the 14th, and closed her round with an eagle on the 18th, ending the day with a score of 67 and a 9 strokes under par total.
She is five strokes behind the leader, Green. She had scores of 69 and 68 on the first two days.
Diksha, who had scores of 67 and 72 on the first two days, moved back into the top 10 with a score of 65.
Diksha opened her day with a birdie and played bogey-free for the first 11 holes, and also made four birdies.
On the 13th hole, Diksha dropped a shot for the first and only time in her round before making three consecutive birdies to close the day with a score of 65.
Pranavi Urs, the third Indian to make the cut, struggled again. She carded a round of 4 over par (75). Her round included an eagle on the fifth and a birdie on the seventh, but four birdies and one double bogey were her undoing.