Ranchi Rays win Hockey India League

New Delhi, Feb 22: Debutants Ranchi Rays won the third edition of the Hockey India League (HIL) defeating Jaypee Punjab Warriors 3-2 in a penalty shootout in the final at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium here Sunday.

The regulation time score read 2-2 which resulted in the shootout.

Though the Rays are a new team, the squad is more or less the same as that of the now non-existent Ranchi Rhinos which won the inaugural HIL in 2013.

IANS