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Over two hours of play were lost to wet
conditions at Royal Greens Golf and Country Club, with several
late starters having a majority of their back nine to complete
on Saturday morning.
But Fox completed his round in fading light, sinking six birdies
and a bogey on his final hole to sit at 10-under overall.
Scotland's Stephen Gallacher was also at 10-under having
completed 12 holes, two shots clear of a group that included
world number one Dustin Johnson.
Johnson, who carded an opening round of 67, surged up the
leaderboard with five birdies in his 14 completed holes on day
two.
England's Tommy Fleetwood dropped a shot on the final hole to
finish with a 65. He sits three strokes off the lead alongside
former world number one Justin Rose, Scotland's Calum Hill and
France's Victor Perez.
Five-times major winner Phil Mickelson carded a solid 67 to
remain in contention at five-under, a stroke clear of reigning
U.S. Open champion Bryson DeChambeau, who has four holes to play
in his second round.
Fox, whose only European Tour title came at the 2019 ISPS Handa
World Super 6 Perth, said he is not intimidated by the pedigree
of the chasing pack.
"I don't know how many of the top 50 in the world are here this
week but it's a lot," the 34-year-old said.
"And there's a reason they're there, they're world class
players, and I certainly hope to be there one day.
"If I can play well this week, then it's a step forward in that
direction. If not, it's just good experience and a nice finish
to my Desert Swing because I don't really know when I'm going to
come back out here again."
Second round action will resume at 7.30 a.m. local time (0430
GMT) on Saturday.
(Reporting by Hardik Vyas in Bengaluru; Editing by Toby Davis)
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