Jeev is well-placed for a finish that could help him seal the UBS Asian Tour Order of Merit this week. He carded a one-under 69 that kept him pegged in tied sixth spot with fellow Indian Jyoti Randhawa (69) after three rounds.

Gaurav Ghei (69) was tied 46th and Rahil Gangjee (71) was 55th. Daniel Chopra with one bogey on the starting hole carded a three-under 67 and moved to tied 27th, up from overnight 43rd.

Jeev and Randhawa are six shots behind leader Spaniard Jose Manuel Lara, who has had at least a share of the lead since the first day.

Lara, who led in the early rounds at last month's Mallorca Classic and the Volvo Masters of Europe before fading away on the weekend, has been in fine form here. He has hardly made any mistake and has just one bogey from 54 holes.

On the third day, Lara had a flawless 66 with two birdies on both front and back nines and he was placed two clear of Filipino rookie Juvic Pagunsan (66).

Jeev, winner of the Volvo China Open and the recent Volvo Masters in Spain, could not buy a putt at the famed Fanling layout.

"I played good today, hit a lot of good shots but didn't putt as good as I had expected to," said Jeev, who needed 31 strokes on the greens.