2016 Ranchi Rays season
| 2016 season | |
|---|---|
| Coach | Harendra Singh |
| Manager | Sumit Seth |
| Stadium | 1st |
| Top goalscorer | Ashley Jackson (9) |
| Biggest win | 4–2 (vs Uttar Pradesh Wizards, 22 January 2016) |
| Biggest defeat | 4–7 (vs Delhi Waveriders, 11 February 2016) |
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The 2016 season is Ranchi Rays' second season in the Hockey India League. The season covers the period from 18 January to 21 February 2016. The season saw the introduction of a new rule according to which weightage for field goals was double compared to the goals scored from penalty corners, meaning a field goal will count as two while successfully converted short corner will still be considered as one goal.[1]
League
The fixtures for
Playing Dabang Mumbai away on 3 February, Rays scored the equalizing goal to make 1–1 in the 18th minute. Jackson scored his second goal for Rays with a penalty conversion to go 4–3 up in the 41st minute. In the same minute, Mumbai scored a field goal to go 5–3 up. Despite a Sandeep Singh penalty conversion in the 59th minute, the match went in Mumbai's favour 7–5.[8] Playing table-leaders Kalinga Lancers again, now away, Rays were down 0–2 in the 9th minute. For Rays, Jackson converted a penalty corner the next minute, and with a 49th minute field goal by Mohammad Amir Khan, they finished the game winning 3–2, and in the process again upstaged Lancers at the top of the table with a total of 27 points off 7 games to the latter's 23 off 8.[9] Playing Delhi Waveriders in its final away game, Rays were down 0–5 by the 19th-minute. With field goals from Jackson and Trent Mitton, the game ended at 7–4 in Waveriders' favour. Rays could convert none of its eight penalty corner chances into goals.[10]
| Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A |
Scorers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 January | Punjab Warriors | A | 0–2 | |
| 22 January | Uttar Pradesh Wizards | A | 4–2 | Sar. Singh  45', Jackson (2) 48', 60'
|
| 26 January | Delhi Waveriders | H | 2–1 | Jackson (2) 29', 31'
|
| 28 January | Kalinga Lancers | H | 3–1 | Jackson 39', Deavin 48'
|
| 30 January | Punjab Warriors | H | 5–4 | 43'
|
| 3 February | Dabang Mumbai | H | 5–7 | Jackson (2) 18', 41', Sar. Singh 38', San. Singh 59'
|
| 8 February | Kalinga Lancers | A | 3–2 | Jackson 9', Khan 49'
|
| 11 February | Delhi Waveriders | A | 4–7 | Jackson 35', Mitton 50'
|
| 13 February | Uttar Pradesh Wizards | H | Report |
Points Table
- As of matches played on 8 February 2016.[11]
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranchi Rays | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 27 |
| Kalinga Lancers | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 35 | 26 | 9 | 23 |
| Punjab Warriors | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 22 |
| Uttar Pradesh Wizards | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 29 | –6 | 18 |
| Delhi Waveriders | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 25 | –6 | 17 |
| Dabang Mumbai | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 23 | -4 | 14 |
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Team
Prior to the players' auction held in September 2015, the franchise of Rays retained six of its players — Manpreet Singh,
| Pos. | Name | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| DF |  Vikramjit Singh
|
$4,500 |
| GK | Akash Chikte
|
$4,500 |
| FW | Imran Khan
|
$7,000 |
| MF | Simranjeet Singh
|
$8,000 |
| MF | Sumit Kumar
|
$15,000 |
| MF | Sumit
|
$71,000 |
| DF | Sandeep Singh
|
$81,000 |
| FW | Sarvanjit Singh
|
$6,000 |
| FW | Mohammad Amir Khan
|
$10,500 |
| MF |  Flynn Ogilvie
|
$10,000 |
| GK | Tyler Lovell
|
$30,000 |
| MF | Daniel Beale
|
$26,000 |
| DF | Tim Deavin
|
$29,000 |
| MF | Trent Mitton
|
$20,000 |
Squad statistics
| No. | Pos. | Name | League | Discipline | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | 
|
| |||
| 1 | GK | Tyler Lovell
|
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Vikramjit Singh
|
2(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Sandeep Singh
|
2(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Kothajit Singh
|
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Manpreet Singh
|
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF |  Ashley Jackson
|
4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Imran Khan
|
4(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Sarvanjit Singh
|
4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Trent Mitton
|
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Sumit
|
4(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Barry Middleton
|
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Tim Deavin
|
4(4) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Sumit Kumar
|
4(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Mohammad Amir Khan
|
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Daniel Beale
|
4(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Simranjeet Singh
|
4(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | Akash Chikte
|
1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Birendra Lakra
|
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | Flynn Ogilvie
|
4(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | Fergus Kavanagh
|
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
References
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- ^ "Hockey India League 2016 Schedule & Fixtures". sportsmirchi.com. 7 January 2016. Archived from the original on 26 January 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ Sharma, Nitin (20 January 2016). "HIL 2016: Sardar Singh marshals Punjab Warriors to winning start against Ranchi Rays". The Indian Express. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ "Hockey India League: Ashley Jackson, Sarvanjit Singh Inspire Ranchi Rays to Victory over Uttar Pradesh Wizards". NDTV. 22 January 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ "Hockey India League: Ashley Jackson's Brace Helps Ranchi Rays Beat Delhi Waveriders". NDTV. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ "Ranchi Rays Defeat Kalinga Lancers To Win The Eastern Derby". Hockey India. 31 January 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
- ^ "Ranchi edge Punjab in nine-goal thriller". Sportstar. 30 January 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
- ^ "Hockey India League: Dabang Mumbai shock Ranchi Rays to end losing streak". Daily News and Analysis. 3 February 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
- ^ "Ranchi Rays Edge Past Kalinga Lancers to Take Big Step Towards Hockey India League Semis". NDTV. 8 February 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- ^ Ganesan, Uthra (12 February 2016). "First home win keeps Delhi Waveriders alive". The Hindu. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
- ^ "Pool Standings". Hockey India.
- ^ "Defending Champions Ranchi Rays Retains Its Best Players For The Hockey India League 2016 & 2017". Hockey India. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ "Hockey India League Auction 2015: Complete list of six squads". ibnlive.com. 18 September 2015. Archived from the original on 26 January 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.