Randhawa and Carolan share lead

Randhawa carded five birdies and one bogey to go to nine-under-par alongside overnight leader Carolan, who added a 69 to his opening round of 66.

Chinese Taipei's Wang ter-Chang is one shot adrift on eight under, while Scotland's Ross Bain, who led alongside Carolan after the opening round, is on seven under after a second round 71.Australia's Scott Hend and Fiji's Dinesh Chand are level with Bain after rounds of 70, while India's Danish Kumar is also on seven under and seven others are on six under.Seven-time Asian Tour winner Randhawa, who opened with a 67 on Wednesday, reached the turn at level par after a birdie at the par-five fourth was followed by a dropped shot on the fifth.But the 35-year-old began the back nine in blistering fashion with three successive birdies on the 10th, 11th and 12th.A further birdie on the par-five 15th put him into a share of the lead in the USD400,000 event."It was a cold start in the morning," said Randhawa, who finished equal seventh at the Indonesian Open in Jakarta last week. "There was frost in the morning and I got warmed really on the back nine."It was kind of average, but the score was quite good at 68. There are times when you play well and still come back with a 70. This time I played just average but the score was fine."