The 24-year-old Indian shotgun shooter will return on Thursday for the last two rounds of qualification, with the final taking place later in the day. At this stage, China's Yu Haicheng was on top of the leaderboard with a perfect 75.

Bhavanish was the best Indian on show on Wednesday, while the others in the men's trap, namely, Prithviraj Tondiman (71) at 21st and Vivaan Kapoor (70) at 33rd, had a lot of ground to cover.

In women's trap, Shreyasi Singh (67) and Rajeshwari Kumari (67) shot identical scores to finish 15th and 17th respectively, while Manish Keer shot 64 to finish 43rd at this level.