2017 Ranchi Rays season
2017 season | ||
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Coach | Harendra Singh | |
Manager | Sumit Seth | |
Stadium | Astroturf Hockey Stadium | |
Hockey India League | 5th | |
Top goalscorer | Ashley Jackson Manpreet Singh (3 each) | |
Biggest win | 7–2 (vs Kalinga Lancers, 26 January) | |
Biggest defeat | 0–7 (vs Punjab Warriors, 1 February) | |
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All statistics correct as of 1 February 2017. |
The 2017 season is Ranchi Rays' third season in the Hockey India League. The season covers the period from 21 January to 26 February 2017.
League[]
The fixtures for 2017 season were drawn on 22 November 2016.[1] Playing their first game of the season against Dabang Mumbai, Rays secured a 3–3 in the away game. Christopher Rühr played roles in both goals for Rays, in the form of an assist to Simranjeet Singh in the first and a penalty shoot conversion in the second, thereby taking the team to a 3–1 lead before Mumbai equalised in the final minute with a field goal.[2] Rays lost their second game to Kalinga Lancers away with a 2–4 margin, with Sarvanjit Singh scoring the lone goal, a field goal, in the 53rd minute after Lancers scored two field goals.[3] Hosting Lancers at home, Rays earned a revenge win in the form of a 7–2 victory. Jackson converted Rays' second penalty into a goal from Manpreet Singh's injection, following Trent Mitton's miss in the 17th minute. Mohammad Amir Khan successfully deflected Sumit's pass into the post in the 30th minute giving his team a 3–0 lead, before Rühr converted Jackson's pass into a goal in the 31st minute. Rays' final goal came in the 44th minute after Manpreet Singh scored through a gap following an assist from Gurbaj Singh.[4] Rays played their next game against Delhi Waveriders at home to a goalless draw. They failed to convert a penalty corner into a goal and were also successful in fending off two of Waveriders' attempts.[5]
Playing at home, Rays lost to Punjab Warriors by a 0–7 margin in their next game on 1 February. Despite having created many chances at goal including nine penalty corners, they failed to convert any.[6] They played their next game against Dabang Mumbai the next day at home. Jackson deflected a Manpreet Singh-pass in the fifth minute into the goal to equal Mumbai's second minute field goal to 2–2. Mohammad Amir Khan then tapped a rebound from a shot from Flynn Ogilvie in the 16th minute to go 4–2. A 49th-minute penalty stroke conversion by Jackson took Rays' lead to 5–3, before scored in the 57th minute assisted by Simranjeet Singh, taking the lead to 7–3. Captain Jackson was handed a yellow card after his team was found playing 12 members in the field.[7] In their final away game of the season, Rays played Uttar Pradesh Wizards to a goalless draw.[8]
Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A |
Scorers |
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21 January | Dabang Mumbai | A | 3–3 | Si. Singh 32', Rühr 39' |
23 January | Kalinga Lancers | A | 2–4 | Sa. Singh 53' |
26 January | Kalinga Lancers | H | 7–2 | Jackson 24', Khan 30', Rühr 31', M. Singh 44' |
28 January | Delhi Waveriders | H | 0–0 | |
1 February | Punjab Warriors | H | 0–7 | |
2 February | Dabang Mumbai | H | 7–3 | Jackson (2) 5', 49', MA Khan 16', 57' |
4 February | Uttar Pradesh Wizards | H | 0–0 | |
9 February | Punjab Warriors | A | 0–1 | |
16 February | Uttar Pradesh Wizards | A | 0–4 | |
21 February | Delhi Waveriders | A | 6–2 | Manpreet Singh (2) 9', 32', 37' |
Points Table[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Dabang Mumbai (Q) | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 32 | +8 | 35 | Advanced to Semi-finals |
2 | Kalinga Lancers (Q) | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 40 | −8 | 28 | |
3 | Uttar Pradesh Wizards (Q) | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 22 | +9 | 25 | |
4 | Delhi Waveriders (Q) | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 23 | +6 | 23 | |
5 | Ranchi Rays (E) | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 26 | −1 | 23 | |
6 | Punjab Warriors (E) | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 25 | 39 | −14 | 22 |
Source: Official website
Team[]
Prior to the players' auction held in November 2016, the franchise of Rays retained a majority of their players from the previous season and made only two new signings. Gurbaj Singh was bought for US$99,000, the highest in the league, and Christopher Rühr for US$75,000, another expensive signing, the highest for a foreign player.[9]
Squad statistics[]
No. | Pos. | Name | League | Discipline | ||
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Apps | Goals | |||||
1 | GK | Tyler Lovell | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | DF | 0(10) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
6 | MF | Kothajit Singh | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
7 | MF | Manpreet Singh | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
8 | MF | Ashley Jackson | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
9 | FW | 1(9) | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
10 | FW | Sarvanjit Singh | 7(3) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
11 | MF | Trent Mitton | 4(6) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
13 | MF | Gurbaj Singh | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
16 | MF | Sumit | 5(5) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
17 | FW | Christopher Rühr | 6(2) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
18 | MF | Barry Middleton | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
19 | DF | Tim Deavin | 0(10) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
20 | FW | Sumit Kumar | 1(8) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
22 | FW | Mohammad Amir Khan | 5(5) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
24 | MF | Simranjeet Singh | 4(6) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
25 | GK | Akash Chikte | 0(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
26 | DF | Birendra Lakra | 7(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
30 | MF | Flynn Ogilvie | 0(10) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31 | DF | Fergus Kavanagh | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
References[]
- ^ "Hockey India Announces The Schedule For The Fifth Season Of The Coal India Hockey India League". Hockey India. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
- ^ Marar, Nandakumar (21 January 2017). "Hockey India League: Mumbai snatches draw against Ranchi Rays". sportstarlive.com. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
- ^ "Turner's double strike sets up win for Kalinga Lancers". sportstarlive.com. 24 January 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
- ^ "HIL: Rampant Ranchi drubs Kalinga Lancers 7-2". sportstarlive.com. 26 January 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
- ^ "Delhi Waveriders Hold Ranchi Rays 0-0 In A Close Encounter". Hockey India. 28 January 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
- ^ Sarangi, Y. B. "Punjab Warriors thrashes Ranchi Rays". The Hindu. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
- ^ "Ashley Jackson Scores Twice In Ranchi Rays 7-3 Win Against Dabang Mumbai". Hockey India. 2 February 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
- ^ "Uttar Pradesh Wizards and Ranchi Rays play out goalless draw". The Indian Express. 4 February 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
- ^ "Gurbaj Singh most expensive buy in HIL 2017 closed bid". The Indian Express. 16 November 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
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