Despite dropping two bogeys in his opening three holes, the 26-year-old Joshi withstood stifling pressure to bounce back with six birdies on his way home, including a seven-footer on the last to hold off the challenge of Bangladeshi Siddikur Rahman, at the Delhi Golf Club.

“I have no words honestly,” Joshi said.

“It’s a huge monkey off my back. I think I played really well. Kept my nerves and played really solid coming in.”

Joshi, who held a share of the overnight one-shot lead thanks to a superb third-round 64, would match the lowest winning score of the tournament with his four-day total of 17-under-par 271 in the event, which celebrated its eighth edition on the Asian Tour this week.

Joshi celebrates after his breakthrough victory on the Asian Tour. PHOTO: Supplied/Asian Tour.

Delhi expert Siddikur fell short of his title bid after missing a 10-footer birdie putt on the last to settle for a par and a closing 69. He ended the week in second place on his own to mark his best result so far this season.

“I felt a little bit of pressure at the beginning but I didn’t let that get into me,” Siddikur said.

“I really enjoyed every single moment this week. It’s my best result after a long time.”

Young Thai talent Suradit Yongcharoenchai and Ajeetesh Sandhu of India shared third place on 274 following respective rounds of 69 and 70 while Aman Raj, also of India, recorded his career-best result on the Asian Tour after carding a 69 to settle a further shot back in fifth.

Joshi will take home a winner’s prize purse of US$72,000 courtesy of his victory, which saw him become the fifth Indian to win on the region’s premier Tour this season. He is also the 13th player to win for the first time on the Asian Tour in 2018.

Matt Stieger was the best of the Australians, finishing T6, while Steven Jeffress shared 10th place.