Ranchi Rays was an Indian professional field hockey team based in Ranchi, Jharkhand that competed in the Hockey India League.

It was announced as the team to replace the defunct Ranchi Rhinos in October 2014.

[1] It was owned by Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

In September 2014 it was announced that the inaugural champions of the Hockey India League Ranchi Rhinos had withdrawn, after the owners Patel-Uniexcel Group had come to a disagreement with Hockey India.

[2] A month later a new ownership group made of Indian conglomerate Individuals Rahul Srivastava and India cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni had bought the franchise rights, which they named Ranchi Rays.