Chawrasia (72-69), Randhawa (73-68) and Bhullar (69-72) were jointly the best placed among the six Indians. The trio were all at three-under 141 in tied 28th place.
The other Indians making the weekend rounds were Shiv Kapur (71-71) and Arjun Atwal (73-69) at two-under in tied-38th place and Rashid Khan (70-73) was tied-50th.
Shubhankar Sharma (73-73), Himmat Rai (75-72), Chiragh Kumar (80-69), Khalin Joshi (74-75), C Chikkarangappa (69-81), Rahil Gangjee (79-72), Jeev Milkha Singh (78-75) missed the cut.
The Welshman compiled a two-day total of 13-under-par 131 to take a two-shot advantage over closest rival Martin Kaymer of Germany, who kept up his charge at the Amata Spring Country Club with a 65.
Spain's Sergio Garcia also lived up to his billing as one of the pre-tournament favourites by signing for a 69 to stay within sights of Donaldson, trailing him by four shots together with Thailand's Chinnarat Phadungsil and England's Matthew Fitzpatrick on 135 total in tied-third place at the USD 1 million Asian Tour event.
The weekend cut was set at even-par with 66 players progressing into the final two rounds.
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