CALCUTTA, April 7: Army Supply Corps, Jalandhar and Chittaranjan Locomotive Works Sports Association sailed into the quarter-finals of the 103rd All-India Beighton Cup hockey tournament defeating Western Railway and BNR 4-3 and 5-2 respectively via tie-breaker here today.The tie-breaker was resorted to when both the matches failed to produce any result during the scheduled period.
ASC would now meet BSF while CLW Sports Association would take on last year champion Punjab Police. In a separate match, Orissa Eleven trailing by a goal rallied in a combined effort and outplayed FCI 3-1 and moved to the quarter-final.
Stunned by a M Rawat 39th minute, Orissa succeeded in levelling the scores through Sunil Kari in the 47th minute. Binoy Prakash Basle and A P Ekka then sealed victory for Orissa sounding the board once each.
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