Randhawa who had fired a seven under par 65 round yesterday now has a two shot lead at the halfway stage. The other Indians who made the cut which was applied at two over par 146, were Jeev Milkha Singh, Arjun Atwal, Amritinder Singh, Amandeep Johl and Vivek Bhandari.

Gaurav Ghei and Kanwar Sekhon failed to make it to the third round for which 75 golfers qualified. The 27-year-old Randhawa, currently enjoying the best form of his four year professional carrer, carded six birdies in another flawless display and leads on 13 under par from James Kingston of South Africa who hit the day's best with a bogey free 64. Randhawa has now gone 36 holes without dropping a single stroke. He will become the first player to win back to back titles in the four-year history of the Omega Tour, if he canmaintain his lead through to Sunday evening.

Jeev Milkha Singh who yesterday had three under par 69 round, further improved his game and shot five under par 67 today to climb upto joint 5th slot with a total of eight under 136. Chandigarh's Arjun Atwal along with citymate Amritinder Singh also had impressive second round. Atwal, who had a poor two over par 74 round yesterday, came up with a fantastic seven under par 65 second round to climb up to joint 16th place with an aggregate of five under 139. Amritinder shot four under 68 for a total of 139, he had one under par 71 opening round.

Amandeep Johl shot two over 74 but managed the cut with a total of 144. His opening round of two under 70 saved him and he was lying at joint 43rd slot.

Gaurav Ghei missed returned three over par 75 and missed the cut by a stroke as he totalled thre ovr par 147. Ghei had par 72 first round.

Kanwar Sekhon continued with his dismal form and hit six over par 78 to aggregate ten over 154 (76, 78) and ended joint 123. Localfavourite Boonchu Ruangkit posted a 67 and shares third spot on nine under par with Scotland's Simon Yetes.