GURGAON, India, Feb 16 - Thailand’s Prayad Marksaeng, despite a double bogey at the last, moved into a share of the third-round lead with India’s Vijay Kumar in the Indian Masters Saturday.

Marksaeng, who eagled the 15th after holing a wedge from 75 yards, fired a one-over-par 72 to finish the day at seven-under 206.

Kumar, who dropped a shot at the 18th, carded a level-par 71 as the pair lead the rest of the field by one stroke going into Sunday’s final round.

Lying joint-third on 207 were India’s Harmeet Kahlon, after 70, and South Africa’s Craig Kamps, who shot a three-under-par 68.

Overnight leader Jeev Milkha Singh of India suffered a miserable day with his driver and slipped to joint-fifth at four-under 208 after carding a 76.

Jeev, a regular on the European tour, had fired a six-under-par 65 on Friday to lead the tournament by a shot at the halfway stage.

The Thai professional dropped his first shot of the day on the 13th where he drove his ball into bushes off the tee and had to lay-up with a seven-iron for his second shot.

Leading third round scores

206 Prayad Marksaeng 68 66 72, Vijay Kumar 71 64 71

207 Harmeet Kahlon 69 68 70, Craig Kamps 68 71 68 208 Gaurav Ghei 68 71 69, Daniel Chopra 67 71 70

209 Jeev Milkha Singh 68 65 76, Steve Jurgensen 70 72 67, Arjun Atwal 65 74 70

210 Tatsuhiko Takahashi 67 69 74 211 Thaworn Wiratchant 73 68 70, Thammanoon Sriroj 72 69 70, Jyoti Randhawa 71 69 71, Clay Devers 69 70 72, Rodrigo Cuello 70 72 69, Lam Chih-Bing 67 72 72

212 Rick Gibson 69 69 74, Chung Joon 70 70 72, Edward Loar 69 72 71 213 James Oh 73 68 72, Anthony Kang 72 68 73, Olle Nordberg 75 70 68, Greg Harnahan 73 71 69, Michael Christensen 66 74 73—Reuters