Putting up a dominant show, Ranchi Rays pounded Kalinga lancers 7-2 to earn a revenge win in a Hockey India league match here on Thursday.
Goals by Ashley Jackson (24'), Mohd Amir Khan (30'), Christopher Ruhr (31'), and Manpreet Singh (44') fetched the hosts five points and a revenge win, having lost 2-4 to the same opponents earlier.
Though the home team made a few successful forays into the striking circle, the Kalinga lancers' defence was solid enough to keep them from taking an early lead, thus ending the first quarter in a stalemate. Ranchi Rays had their first PC of the game in the 17th minute, Trent Mitton stepped up to the drag flick. His attempt was good but not enough to put it past Kalinga lancers' goalkeeper Andrew Charter who continued to impress with an incredible save.
Anothe chance at scoring a penalty corner came in the 24th minute, and this time, Manpreet Singh was spot on with the injection while the experienced Ashley Jackson made no mistake in converting the goal and giving the home team a much needed 1-0 lead.
Kalinga lancers earned their first PC of the game in the 26th minute but Gurjinder Singh's drag flick was brilliantly padded away by Tyler lovell and ensured Ranchi Rays held on to the lead.
In the 30th minute, Ranchi took their lead to a strong 3-0 when Junior World Cup winner Sumit, from within the circle, perfectly passed the ball to Mohd Amir Khan for a deflection which sent the ball into the post.