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Ranchi Rays won the match with a score line of 3-2 against Kalinga Lancers

Indian Hockey Admin — Tue, 09 Feb 2016 07:36:17 +0000

The defending champions Ranchi Rays came on the top of the table by defeating Kalinga Lancers 3-2 at the Kalinga Stadium with total 27 points in the 4th Coal India Hockey India League.
In the first quarter both teams battled hard showing their defensive skills but field goal from Dharamvir Singh took the Kalinga Lancers 2-0 up in the 9^th minute. Ranchi Rays captain Ashley Jackson made an excellent penalty corner conversion to rise the score to 2-1.
The score was unchanged till the half time due to an eye catching performance of both teams. The score board was looking like its freezed at 2-1 in the favor of Kalinga Lancers. The Ranchi Rays tried their best to get a goal in the third quarter but failed to get one. The score was still 2-1 after end of the third quarter.

Ranchi Rays vs Kalinga Lancers Photo Credits: Hockey india League

In the 49^th minute of the game Mohd Amir Khan shot a goal giving Ranchi Rays a lead 3-2 over Kalinga Lancers. Kalingas tried hard to equalize the game by getting penalty corner but failed to score one.
“The Man of the Match’ award of INR 50,000 was given to Mohd. Amir Khan from Ranchi Rays. The Coal India Goal of the Match of INR 50,000 was awarded to Ashley Jackson from Ranchi Rays by Shri Anil Kumar Jha. The ‘Hero Emerging Player of the Match’ award of INR 25,000 was awarded to Matthew Dawson form Kalinga Lancers, while ‘The Most Entertaining Player of the Match’ award went to Moritz Fuerste from Kalinga Lancers.

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Ranchi Rays Defeated Kalinga Lancers 3-2 in Thrilling HIL Tie

Indian Hockey Admin — Fri, 29 Jan 2016 07:07:18 +0000

Making a hat-trick of wins Ranchi Rays once again proved that they are still champions. The defending cha,pions Ranchi Rays defeated Kalinga Lancers by 3-2 score in a round robin match of the fourth Hockey India League, on Thursday.
As per the new goal scoring system every goal and penalty stroke is counted as two. After a very tough match tied at 0-0 in first two quarters Malak Singh from Kalinga lancers made a goal in the third quarter to give their team a lead of 2-0.

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However, even after the end of the third quarter, the visitors still lead 2-1, thanks to some superb save by Andrew Charter. Deavin who turned the match on its head in the 48th minute slot in the on the rebound to make it 3-2.
Kalinga Lancers battled hard but failed to make any resulting attempt in the last minutes. Overall the match was really enjoyable. The crowd in the stadium was filled upto the neck which was due to the step taken by hockey India League to promote hockey amongst the people by making tickets available in free.
With their 3rd win the Ranchi Rays have jumped on the top, they will be facing Jaypee Punjab Warriors in the next match on Saturday while Kalinga Lancers will have to face Dabang Mumbai on Sunday in Mumbai.

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The Coal India Hockey India League Announces To Double The Prizes Amount

Indian Hockey Admin — Thu, 14 Jan 2016 12:51:11 +0000

The Coal India Hockey India League (HIL) player of the tournament in the fourth edition will get Rs. 50 lakhs, a jump of Rs.25 lakhs from the last edition, Hockey India announced on Wednesday.
Hockey India also announced that the “Man of the Match” award will be increased from Rs. 25,000 to Rs. 50,000 and will be awarded by the host franchises in each of their home matches. The ‘Goal of the Match’ will see a hike of Rs 25,000 to Rs. 50,000.
Further tournament awards include the “Upcoming Player of the Tournament” award of Rs 20 lakh to the best Under-21 player and the “Maximum Goal Award” also for Rs 20 lakh, a hike of Rs.10 lakhs, to the player who scores the most goals.

Hockey India League 2016 Prizes Doubled

The winning team will take home a whopping Rs. 2.50 crore while the runners-up will walk away with Rs. 1.75 crore. A cash reward of Rs. 75 lakhs will be awarded to the team finishing third in the tournament.
The six franchises battling for supremacy in the richest field hockey league in the world are Jaypee Punjab Warriors, Delhi WaveRiders, Kalinga Lancers, Uttar Pradesh Wizards, Dabang Mumbai and defending champions Ranchi Rays. The tournament will begin on 18^th January.

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Ranchi Rays Fully Prepared with new team for Coal India Hockey India League 2016

Indian Hockey Admin — Wed, 13 Jan 2016 11:48:43 +0000

The defending champions of the Hockey India League, Ranchi Rays will be hopeful of putting a similar show at the 4th edition of the Coal India Hockey India League.
The six-team annual franchise based hockey league, the flagship event of Hockey India – the apex body governing the sport in the country and sanctioned by the International Hockey Federation (FIH) is scheduled to be played across six venues in India from 18th January – 21st February 2016.
The Ranchi Rays will play their first match against last year runner’s up Jaypee Punjab Warriors in a rematch of the finals which will test their mantle once again. The Ranchi Rays have tried to maintain the combinations that worked out beautifully for them in the last edition.

Ranchi Rays’ Birendra Lakra – India Hockey

The other major retention for the team has been in the form of Captain Ashley Jackson who has been retained in the team for a sum of $95,000. Skipper Jackson led his team from the front and scored 12 goals to help the Rays clinch the 2015 HIL title. Out of the 12 goals, 11 came from penalty corner conversions, leading him to become the top-scorer of 2015 and also the Player of the Tournament.
The team has a combination of Australians, who can play different roles at the same time like midfielder/forward Flynn Ogilvie, 23-year-old Daniel Beale and 25-year-old Trent Mitton who can play a similar role. Timothy Deavin will add the necessary experience in the form of defender/midfielder. The goal will be guarded by Australian Tyler Lovell who will look to continue the habit of not giving away easy goals to the opponents for Ranchi Rays.
Ranchi Rays who have believed in retaining more players than buying new ones with a total spent of $656,500, has Indian talent in the form of Manpreet Singh, the young Indian midfielder who will be looking to make immense of the opportunity of playing alongside Ashley Jackson.

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Ranchi Rays Preparing for Hockey India League 2016

Indian Hockey Admin — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 10:19:04 +0000

Two time Hockey India League winner team Ranchi Rays have pulled up their socks for upcoming Hockey India League 2016.The team is going to start their practice with their training camp in Delhi starting from January 10.The training is kept in Delhi to avoid the headache of traveling from their hometown Ranchi to Delhi on the evening of their event.

Ranchi Rays in Action

The Ranchi Rays Coach Harendra Singh said “Having a camp in New Delhi suits us as we can avoid unnecessary traveling fatigue. If we had a camp in Ranchi, we would have had to come to New Delhi and then proceed to Lucknow for our first game on January 19. With fog an issue during January (it often results in delays) it makes sense for us to have our camp in New Delhi”.
Harendra has full confidence that their team will give their best to win the championship.All of the foreigner players are expected to join the camp by January 13 and the training camp will run till January 17 and the team will proceed for Lucknow on next day.

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