Sports
Ranchi is centre for numerous sports activities including cricket, hockey, football and many other. 34th National Games were successfully held in Ranchi in February 2011. An International Cricket stadium with an indoor stadium and a practice ground is under construction, and is likely to host matches after clearance from the ICC Ranchi Cricket Stadium. A Tennis Academy, which was inaugurated by Sania Mirza and Shoaib Malik, also runs besides the Cricket stadium. Ranchi is also famous for being the hometown of World Cup winning Captain of Indian Cricket team, Mahendra Singh Dhoni. India's ace archer Deepika Kumari, gold medal winner of Commonwealth Games 2010 and current world no.1 rank holder, also hails from Ranchi.
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And desolation saddens all thy green;
One only master grasps the whole domain,
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