Despite being the unofficial head-quarters of most gifted of players, tribal ilk, Ranchi was hardly expected to go hi-tech and acquire a professional image as it happens now with the coming up of a league franchise in the city’s name.

Now, as we look forward to the progress of HIL, which is on its fourth day, tomorrow marks the Ranchi team embarks its home campaign, after it won the first match yesterday at Jalandhar.

Ranchi Rhinos take on Mumbai Magicians at home on Friday.

Ranchi Rhino’s prized catch, the English recruit Ashley Jackson, will again be in focus in tomorrow’s encounter. He was on target through a drag-flick on Wednesday, and he would be attract cynosure of Magicians.

For Magicians, star striker Sandeep Singh finding form in the opener is good news. His last minute missed penalty stroke not standing, Singh looked in good form. He struck the only goal against t Waveriders.

It could be quite an interesting battle between the Magicians frontline, led by Ashley Jackson, against the solid and strong defense of Ranchi Rhinos.

Meanwhile, the City and the city based Franchise left no stone unturned in preparing for the contest. Saurabh Dugar, co-owner of Ranchi Rhinos said “The response and support we have received has been stupendous and we look forward to a grand opening tomorrow. Tomorrow’s opening ceremony at 6 p.m. will be hosted by Mandira Bedi and we have in store some catchy Bollywood performances and laser shows for our locals. We are really confident about our team and have complete faith in their performance in this tournament.”

Ranchi Rhino’s coach Gregg Clark said: “It has been a herculean task to handle players from different countries, but we have managed to break the ice and have come together as a team. It’s been fun all along and we seem to be doing quite well for ourselves in this tournament. We look forward to our games and are confident in our performance”

The opening ceremony is set to begin tomorrow 18th January 2013, at 6 p.m. and the match will kick off at 8 p.m. at the Astroturf Hockey Stadium, Ranchi.