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{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}}
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| fullname = Ranchi Rays
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| founded = 2014
| dissolved =
| captain = [[Ashley Jackson (field hockey)|Ashley Jackson]]
| coach = [[Harendra Singh]]
| league = [[Hockey India League]]
| ground = [[Astroturf Hockey Stadium]] [[Ranchi]], [[Jharkhand]]
| capacity = 5,000
| owner = [[Mahendra Singh Dhoni]]
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'''Ranchi Rays (RCR)''' is an Indian field hockey team based in [[Ranchi]], [[Jharkhand]] that competes in the [[Hockey India League]] (HIL). It was announced as the newest team to replace the defunct [[Ranchi Rhinos]] on 25 October 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dhoni buys Ranchi franchise of Hockey India League|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/hockey/hockey-india-league/top-stories/Dhoni-buys-Ranchi-franchise-of-Hockey-India-League/articleshow/44931020.cms|website=Times of India|accessdate=14 December 2014}}</ref> It is owned by Indian cricketer [[Mahendra Singh Dhoni]].

==History==
In September 2014 it was announced that the inaugural champions of the [[Hockey India League]], [[Ranchi Rhinos]], had withdrew from the league after the owners, Patel-Uniexcel Group, had come to a disagreement with [[Hockey India]] over some differences.<ref>{{cite web|title=After Mumbai Magicians, Ranchi Rhinos snap ties with Hockey India League|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/hockey/after-magicians-ranchi-rhinos-snap-ties-with-hil/|website=Indian Express|accessdate=14 December 2014}}</ref> A month later it was announced that a new ownership group made of Indian [[conglomerate (company)|conglomerate]] Individuals, Rahul Srivastava, and current [[India national cricket team|India cricketer]], [[Mahendra Singh Dhoni]], had bought the franchise rights to a new Ranchi franchise which they named the Ranchi Rays.<ref>{{cite web|title=MS Dhoni becomes co-owner of Ranchi hockey franchisee|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/hockey/ms-dhoni-becomes-co-owner-of-ranchi-hockey-franchisee/|publisher=The Indian Express|accessdate=31 January 2017|date=25 October 2014}}</ref>

==Stadium==
{{Main|Astroturf Hockey Stadium}}

==2017 squad==
{| class="wikitable" style="width:30%; text-align:center;"
!width=35% style="background: #FF0000; color:#FFFFFF" |Player
!width=20% style="background: #FF0000; color:#FFFFFF" |Nationality
|-
! colspan="2"|Goalkeepers
|-
|style="text-align:left"| [[Akash Chikte]]
|style="text-align:left"|{{IND}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"| [[Tyler Lovell]]
|style="text-align:left"|{{AUS}}
|-
! colspan="2"|Defenders
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Timothy Deavin]]
|style="text-align:left"|{{AUS}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Fergus Kavanagh]]
|style="text-align:left"|{{AUS}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Birendra Lakra]]
|style="text-align:left"|{{IND}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Vikramjit Singh (field hockey)|Vikramjit Singh]]
|style="text-align:left"|{{IND}}
|-
! colspan="2"|Midfielders
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Ashley Jackson (field hockey)|Ashley Jackson]]
|style="text-align:left"|{{ENG}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Barry Middleton]]
|style="text-align:left"|{{ENG}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Trent Mitton]]
|style="text-align:left"|{{AUS}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Flynn Ogilvie]]
|style="text-align:left"|{{AUS}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Gurbaj Singh]]
|style="text-align:left"|{{IND}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Kothajit Singh]]
|style="text-align:left"|{{IND}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Manpreet Singh (field hockey)|Manpreet Singh]]
|style="text-align:left"|{{IND}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Simranjeet Singh]]
|style="text-align:left"|{{IND}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Sumit (field hockey)|Sumit]]
|style="text-align:left"|{{IND}}
|-
! colspan="2"|Forwards
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Imran Khan (field hockey)|Imran Khan]]
|style="text-align:left"|{{IND}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Mohammad Amir Khan]]
|style="text-align:left"|{{IND}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Sumit Kumar (field hockey)|Sumit Kumar]]
|style="text-align:left"|{{IND}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Christopher Rühr]]
|style="text-align:left"|{{GER}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Sarvanjit Singh]]
|style="text-align:left"|{{IND}}
|}

==Fixtures and results==
===2015===
{| class=wikitable style="width:60%;text-align:center; border:none"
|-
!No.
!Date
!Result
!Opponent
!Venue
!Report
|-style="background:#fbb;"
|1||22 January||'''3 – 6'''||[[Kalinga Lancers]]||[[Kalinga Stadium|Bhubaneswar]]
|[[2015 Hockey India League#match1|Match 1]]
|-style="background:#c3fdb8;"
|2||24 January||'''2 – 1'''||[[Dabang Mumbai]]||[[International Hockey Stadium|Mumbai]]
|[[2015 Hockey India League#match2|Match 2]]
|-style="background:#d3d3d3;"
|3||26 January||'''2 – 2'''||[[Delhi Waveriders]]||[[Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium|Ranchi]]
|[[2015 Hockey India League#match6|Match 6]]
|-style="background:#d3d3d3;"
|4||28 January||'''2 – 2'''||[[Dabang Mumbai]]||[[Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium|Ranchi]]
|[[2015 Hockey India League#match8|Match 8]]
|-style="background:#c3fdb8;"
|5||3 February||'''2 – 0'''||[[Uttar Pradesh Wizards]]||[[Dhyan Chand Astroturf Stadium|Lucknow]]
|[[2015 Hockey India League#match14|Match 14]]
|-style="background:#c3fdb8;"
|6||6 February||'''4 – 0'''||[[Kalinga Lancers]]||[[Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium|Ranchi]]
|[[2015 Hockey India League#match17|Match 17]]
|-style="background:#c3fdb8;"
|7||8 February||'''1 – 0'''||[[Uttar Pradesh Wizards]]||[[Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium|Ranchi]]
|[[2015 Hockey India League#match19|Match 19]]
|-style="background:#c3fdb8;"
|8||10 February||'''3 – 2'''||[[Punjab Warriors]]||[[Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium|Ranchi]]
|[[2015 Hockey India League#match21|Match 21]]
|-style="background:#fbb;"
|9||14 February||'''0 – 2'''||[[Delhi Waveriders]]||[[Dhyan Chand National Stadium|Delhi]]
|[[2015 Hockey India League#match25|Match 25]]
|-style="background:#c3fdb8;"
|10||17 February||'''3 – 2'''||[[Punjab Warriors]]||[[International Hockey Stadium|Mohali]]
|[[2015 Hockey India League#match28|Match 28]]
|-style="border-top:2px solid black;background:#c3fdb8;"
|11||21 February||'''1 – 2''' ('''9 – 8''' [[Penalty stroke|SO]])||[[Uttar Pradesh Wizards]]||[[Dhyan Chand National Stadium|Delhi]]
|[[2015 Hockey India League#sf1|Semi-final 1]]
|-style="background:#c3fdb8;"
|12||21 February||'''2 – 2''' ('''3 – 2''' [[Penalty stroke|SO]])||[[Punjab Warriors]]||[[Dhyan Chand National Stadium|Delhi]]
|[[2015 Hockey India League#final|Final]]
|-
| colspan="6" style="background:#ffffff; border:none"|
|-style="background:gold;"
| colspan="6"| Position in League Phase: '''Champions'''
|}

* '''Goals For''': 25 (2.08 per match)
* '''Goals Against''': 21 (1.75 per match)
* '''Most Goals''': [[Ashley Jackson (field hockey)|Ashley Jackson]] (12)

===2016===
{| class=wikitable style="width:60%;text-align:center; border:none"
|-
!No.
!Date
!Result
!Opponent
!Venue
!Report
|-style="background:#c3fdb8;"
|1||19 January||'''4– 2'''||[[Punjab Warriors]]||[[Sector 42 Stadium|Chandigarh]]
|[[2016 Hockey India League#match2|Match 2]]
|-style="background:#c3fdb8;"
|2||22 January||'''4 – 2'''||[[Uttar Pradesh Wizards]]||[[Dhyan Chand Astroturf Stadium|Lucknow]]
|[[2016 Hockey India League#match5|Match 5]]
|-style="background:#c3fdb8;"
|3||26 January||'''2 – 1'''||[[Delhi Waveriders]]||[[Astroturf Hockey Stadium|Ranchi]]
|[[2016 Hockey India League#match9|Match 9]]
|-style="background:#c3fdb8;"
|4||28 January||'''3 – 2'''||[[Kalinga Lancers]]||[[Astroturf Hockey Stadium|Ranchi]]
|[[2016 Hockey India League#match10|Match 10]]
|-style="background:#c3fdb8;"
|5||30 January||'''5 – 4'''||[[Punjab Warriors]]||[[Astroturf Hockey Stadium|Lucknow]]
|[[2016 Hockey India League#match12|Match 12]]
|-style="background:#c3fdb8;"
|6||3 February||'''5 – 1'''||[[Dabang Mumbai]]||[[Mahindra Hockey Stadium|Mumbai]]
|[[2016 Hockey India League#match16|Match 16]]
|-style="background:#c3fdb8;"
|7||8 February||'''3 – 2'''||[[Kalinga Lancers]]||[[Kalinga Stadium|Bhubaneswar]]
|[[2016 Hockey India League#match21|Match 21]]
|-style="background:#fbb;"
|8||11 February||'''4 – 7'''||[[Delhi Waveriders]]||[[Shivaji Stadium|Delhi]]
|[[2016 Hockey India League#match24|Match 24]]
|-style="background:#c3fdb8;"
|9||13 February||'''6 – 0'''||[[Uttar Pradesh Wizards]]||[[Astroturf Hockey Stadium|Ranchi]]
|[[2016 Hockey India League#match26|Match 26]]
|-style="background:#c3fdb8;"
|10||14 February||'''1 – 0'''||[[Dabang Mumbai]]||[[Astroturf Hockey Stadium|Ranchi]]
|[[2016 Hockey India League#match27|Match 27]]
|-style="border-top:2px solid black;background:#fbb;"
|11||20 February||'''2 – 2''' ('''2 – 4''' [[Penalty stroke|SO]])||[[Kalinga Lancers]]||[[Astroturf Hockey Stadium|Ranchi]]
|[[2016 Hockey India League season#match32|Semi-final 2]]
|-style="background:#fbb;"
|12||21 February||'''0 – 2''' ||[[Delhi Waveriders]]||[[Astroturf Hockey Stadium|Ranchi]]
|[[2016 Hockey India League season#match33|4th Place]]
|-
| colspan="6" style="background:#ffffff; border:none"|
|-style="background:brown;"
| colspan="6"| Position in League Phase: '''3rd Place'''
|}

* '''Goals For''': 43 (4.03 per match)
* '''Goals Against''': 35 (2.91 per match)

===2017===
{| class=wikitable style="width:60%;text-align:center; border:none"
|-
!No.
!Date
!Result
!Opponent
!Venue
!Report
|-style="background:#d3d3d3;"
|1||21 January||'''3 – 3'''||[[Dabang Mumbai]]||[[International Hockey Stadium|Mumbai]]
|[[2017 Hockey India League#match1|Match 1]]
|-style="background:#fbb;"
|2||23 January||'''2 – 4'''||[[Kalinga Lancers]]||[[Kalinga Stadium|Bhubaneswar]]
|[[2017 Hockey India League#match3|Match 3]]
|-style="background:#c3fdb8;"
|3||26 January||'''7 – 2'''||[[Kalinga Lancers]]||[[Astroturf Hockey Stadium|Ranchi]]
|[[2017 Hockey India League#match5|Match 5]]
|-style="background:#d3d3d3;"
|4||28 January||'''0 – 0'''||[[Delhi Waveriders]]||[[Astroturf Hockey Stadium|Ranchi]]
|[[2017 Hockey India League#match7|Match 7]]
|-style="background:;"
|5||1 February||'''0 – 7'''||[[Punjab Warriors]]||[[Astroturf Hockey Stadium|Ranchi]]
|[[2017 Hockey India League#match11|Match 11]]
|-style="background:#c3fdb8;"
|6||2 February||'''7 – 3'''||[[Dabang Mumbai]]||[[Astroturf Hockey Stadium|Ranchi]]
|[[2017 Hockey India League#match12|Match 12]]
|-style="background:#d3d3d3;"
|}

* '''Goals For''': 12 (3 per match)
* '''Goals Against''': 9 (2.25 per match)

==See also==
* [[Hockey India League]]
* [[Ranchi Rhinos]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://league.hockeyindia.org/category/ranchi-rays/ Page on Hockey India]

{{Ranchi Rays}}
{{Hockey India League}}

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[[Category:2014 establishments in Jharkhand]]
[[Category:Sport in Ranchi]]
[[Category:Sports clubs established in 2014]]

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