India, April 23 -- Young Shaurya Binu continued his fine run in the African Swing, carding a brilliant nine-under 64 to move atop the leaderboard after two rounds at the AM Green IGPL Invitational Congo.

The 21-year-old Binu, who is balancing his academics with golf and has recorded two top-10 finishes on the African Swing over the past two weeks, opened with a one-under 72 in the first round at the Par-73 Golf Club Lubumbashi. He then produced a stunning nine-under in the second round to move to 10-under after 36 holes, giving him a two-shot lead over four players.

The four-player pack behind him includes first-round co-leaders Mannat Brar (67-71) and Tushar Pannu (67-71), last week's winner Udayan Mane (70-68) and Aryan Roopa Anand (7...