“I guess it’s the expectations,” he said of his recent inconsistency in tournaments at home. “You’re playing in your country and people expect you to play well. So before you know you start scoring and start seeing the leaderboard and before you know, the two-under is three-over.”

The 35-year-old has been playing seven weeks on the trot now, something new for him, and he said it was Jeev Milkha Singh’s repetitive long streaks that inspired him. “Well, I’m trying to keep up with Jeev. I was speaking to him and he said: ‘You’ve got to test your body’, and I like that phrase. So I’m testing my body. Let’s see how long I can keep going,” he said.

Randhawa also chose to look at his prospects positively going into the final two rounds. “I haven’t been able to hang on in the last few tournaments. It’s good that I keep knocking on the door and sometimes it opens. Just keep being patient and see how it goes.”

Randhawa’s on nine-under now, but still one behind compatriot Shiv Kapur, who threw around birdies and an eagle all over the course.

“At the start of the week if somebody had told me I would be leading here after two rounds I would be laughing in their face,” Kapur said.