India found its newest Asian Tour title winner in unheralded Bangalorean C Muniyappa, who held his nerve and survived a playoff to bag the Hero Honda Indian Open golf tournament at Gurgaon today.The DLF Golf and Country Club stood witness to the rise of a new Indian golfing star as Muniyappa never allowed the lead to slip through his fingers since he had soared to the top after the second round. The Asian Tour rookie signed off with a modest two-under 70 and went on to blunt Korean Lee Sung's ambition in the playoff. Playing his rookie season on the Asian Tour, Muniyappa sank his birdie putt on the par-five 18th hole to claim an emphatic play-off victory on home soil at the USD 1.25 million tournament. Fellow Bangalorean Anirban Lahiri brought in the best card of the day, a sparkling eight-under 64, to zoom to tied third at 10-under 278.