NEW DELHI, November 23: Gorkha Brigade defeated Hidustan Football Club 2-0 in the last qualifying match in the Allwyn Durand Football Tournament at the Ambedkar Stadium here today.Reduced to 10 men with 38 minutes to go for the end of play, Gorkha Brigade mustered strength to strike two crucial blows to leave Hindustan gasping for breath and make the grade. Vishal Pun struck in the 63rd minute and Shiv Kumar Gurung completed the tally 20 minutes later.The quarter-final league for the tournament begins on Thursday with Tata Football Academy taking on Army XI in the first game while Salgaocar Sports Club clashing with Gorkha Brigade in the second.Khanna makes it to BCCI panelFormer international and presently manager of the India `A' team to the West Indies, Surender Khanna, has been appointed member of the Pitches and Grounds Committee, reconstituted by the Board of Control for Cricket in India. Former India skipper K. Srikkanth heads the committee as its chairman.Ministry carromAudit entered the quarter-final of the Inter-Ministry carrom (men) tournament at TT Hall, Nirman Bhavan. The other winners included Cabinet Sectt, CWC, Defence, HFW, Home Affairs, Power, Urban Development.Jet Airways loseFien spell by R Amarnath (3 for 17) and useful 51 by Prashant Ahlawat powered Dantal Hydraulics Ltd to a seven-wicket win over Jet Airways in the Reebok Challenge series tournament.Brief scores: Jet Airways: 115 all out (Y Rastogi 21, R Amarnath 3 for 17, M Bhardwaj 2 for 15) lost to Dantal Hydraulics Ltd: 117 for 3 (prashant Ahlawat 51, Narendra Yadav 33 not out).
