Shiv Kapur holed six birdies in his first 10 holes to return with a card of six-under 66 and lie tied 8th after the weather-hit second round but Shubhankar Sharma missed the cut at the BNI Indonesian Masters here Friday.
Kapur (71-66) gave himself a chance to make a charge over the week after totalling seven-under 137, still seven shots behind the leaders.
Poom Saksansin, the winner here in 2016, had six birdies on the front nine and added three more in the last four holes to get to 14-under and three shots clear of compatriots Suradit Yongcharoenchai (66) and Jakraphan Premsirigorn (65).
Justin Rose (68-68), who can rise to world No. 1 this week if he finishes inside Top-16, is lying Tied-fifth six behind the leader, while Henrik Stenson (67-68), the 2016 Open winner, was sole fourth.
Stenson's hopes of closing the gap with Poom were dashed when he dropped two shots in his last four holes to head into the weekend rounds five shots back of Poom.
Shubhankar, who will be officially crowned Asia No. 1 on Sunday at the Tour dinner, had a birdie on his final hole of the season, but missed the cut.
"That was disappointing to miss the weekend, but the year has been great," said the 22-year-old. "I am getting ready for 2019 and it will be another busy year."
"I putted well through the first 10 holes, which was way better than first day, but I lost the momentum on the back nine."
"I didn't make anything today. Lip outs, sliding past and so on. The wind was like more than 30 kilometres per hour. That made at least a difference of three to four shots between playing in morning and afternoon."
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