Moscow: SSP Chawrasia, who is close to sealing his card for 2016 European Tour, will lead the Indian challenge at the M2M Russian Open, which tees off at the Skolkovo Golf Club here today.

Other Indians in the fray will be Jyoti Randhawa, Rahil Gangjee, Khalin Joshi and Gaganjeet Bhullar. Jeev Milkha Singh and Shiv Kapur have skipped the event, while Anirban Lahiri readies himself for the Web.com Final series in the US.