<p>Indian golfer SSP Chawrasia carded a superb four-under 68 in the second round to grab a share of the fifth position at the Austrian Open, continuing his pursuit of a European Tour title outside India.</p>.<p>The 42-year-old's four wins on the European Tour have come in India with two of them being the Hero Indian Open in 2016 and 2017. Apart from those four, which were co-sanctioned by Asian tour, Chawrasia has won more in Asia.</p>.<p>Of his six international wins, only one has come outside India – the Resorts World Manila Masters Open in the Philippines in 2016. He has not won since 2017</p>.<p>At four-under 140 overall here, he is fifth, three shots behind the leader, Alejandro Canizares (67-70).</p>.<p>Overall, it was a fine day for the Indians, who after the first day, seemed to be on the edge.</p>.<p>Shubhankar Sharma bounced back from a first-round 75 to card four-under 68, which at one stage looked likely to be much better. He was five-under through 11 before dropping a bogey on the 15th to settle for a T-20 finish at the end of day.</p>.<p>Chandigarh's Ajeetesh Sandhu, playing his first event outside India since March last year, also made a good comeback after a 77 in the first round. Sandhu added 70 to his first round 77 to make the cut on the bubble at three-over.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/other-sports/aditi-shoots-70-slips-to-50th-on-lpga-tour-lotte-championship-975407.html" target="_blank">Aditi shoots 70, slips to 50th on LPGA tour Lotte Championship</a></strong></p>.<p>Canizares at seven-under was leading by one over John Catlin (70) and Martin Kaymer (70) who were both at six-under.</p>.<p>Justin Walters (68) was fourth at five-under, while Chawrasia, Max Kieffer (68), Jacques Kruyswijk (72) and Richard Mansell (71) at T-5.</p>.<p>Chawrasia, who has missed his last six cuts on European Tour, laughed and said, "No, I did not think about those missed cuts when I started the second round. I was thinking about handling the cold weather. On the first day it was 3 degrees and very cold when I began.</p>.<p>"Today it was about 6 degrees and we were joking that we were wearing all the clothes we had brought."</p>.<p>The Kolkatan seemed pretty satisfied with how things panned out in the second round for him.</p>.<p>"The bogey on ninth was my only mistake and I also had birdies on 13 and 15. It was good to get three of the four Par-5s. That will be the key again on the weekend," he said.</p>.<p>"This course has a bit of Delhi Golf Club look in it, especially holes like the 14th and 15th."</p>
<p>Indian golfer SSP Chawrasia carded a superb four-under 68 in the second round to grab a share of the fifth position at the Austrian Open, continuing his pursuit of a European Tour title outside India.</p>.<p>The 42-year-old's four wins on the European Tour have come in India with two of them being the Hero Indian Open in 2016 and 2017. Apart from those four, which were co-sanctioned by Asian tour, Chawrasia has won more in Asia.</p>.<p>Of his six international wins, only one has come outside India – the Resorts World Manila Masters Open in the Philippines in 2016. He has not won since 2017</p>.<p>At four-under 140 overall here, he is fifth, three shots behind the leader, Alejandro Canizares (67-70).</p>.<p>Overall, it was a fine day for the Indians, who after the first day, seemed to be on the edge.</p>.<p>Shubhankar Sharma bounced back from a first-round 75 to card four-under 68, which at one stage looked likely to be much better. He was five-under through 11 before dropping a bogey on the 15th to settle for a T-20 finish at the end of day.</p>.<p>Chandigarh's Ajeetesh Sandhu, playing his first event outside India since March last year, also made a good comeback after a 77 in the first round. Sandhu added 70 to his first round 77 to make the cut on the bubble at three-over.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/other-sports/aditi-shoots-70-slips-to-50th-on-lpga-tour-lotte-championship-975407.html" target="_blank">Aditi shoots 70, slips to 50th on LPGA tour Lotte Championship</a></strong></p>.<p>Canizares at seven-under was leading by one over John Catlin (70) and Martin Kaymer (70) who were both at six-under.</p>.<p>Justin Walters (68) was fourth at five-under, while Chawrasia, Max Kieffer (68), Jacques Kruyswijk (72) and Richard Mansell (71) at T-5.</p>.<p>Chawrasia, who has missed his last six cuts on European Tour, laughed and said, "No, I did not think about those missed cuts when I started the second round. I was thinking about handling the cold weather. On the first day it was 3 degrees and very cold when I began.</p>.<p>"Today it was about 6 degrees and we were joking that we were wearing all the clothes we had brought."</p>.<p>The Kolkatan seemed pretty satisfied with how things panned out in the second round for him.</p>.<p>"The bogey on ninth was my only mistake and I also had birdies on 13 and 15. It was good to get three of the four Par-5s. That will be the key again on the weekend," he said.</p>.<p>"This course has a bit of Delhi Golf Club look in it, especially holes like the 14th and 15th."</p>