Chiragh best placed Indian at Taipei

Chiragh Kumar added a round of three-under par 69 to move to Tied-11th place at the end of the second round of the Yeangder Tournament Players Championship, here today.
Chiragh (70-69) was the best Indian, as Himmat Rai (70-71), Rahil Gangjee (73-68) and S Chikkrangappa (71-70) were Tied-31st.
Also making the cut were Gaganjeet Bhullar (72-70) in Tied 42nd place and Shubhankar Sharma (70-73). However, Khalin Joshi (71-76) missed out.
Australia's Scott Barr made his move with a flawless five-under-par 67 to grab a share of the second round lead with overnight leader Namchok Tantipokhakul.
Hung Chien-yao together with Wang Wei-lun spearheaded the local charge after they compiled identical two-day totals of eight-under-par 136 to trail the co-leaders by one shot alongside the Spanish duo of Carlos Pigem and Javi Colomo.

Malaysia's Danny Chia, whose previous two Asian Tour wins have come from Chinese Taipei, is hoping to strike again after he carded a 68 to be bunched in seventh place at the US$500,000 event, which is also the final Olympic qualifying event on the Asian Tour
Barr, who won a domestic event in Singapore before arriving at the Linkou International Golf and Country Club, is looking to extend his winning run this week.
The Australian's determination to win his maiden Asian Tour title showed when he surged ahead with an outward 32 which was marked by four birdies on holes one, four, five and seven. Barr then went on to sink another birdie on 12 before returning home comfortably in 67.