22-man squad picked for Canada tour

September 30, 2009 02:40 pm | Updated 02:40 pm IST - New Delhi

The newly-formed national hockey selection committee announced a 22-member squad, sans a fixed captain, for an away seven-match Test series against Canada from next month.

Interestingly, the committee has not named any captain for the exposure trip and captaincy will rotate during the October 2-25 tour.

Sandeep Singh had led the Indian team to its 12-Test European tour recently.

The Canada tour will kick off on October 9 and will culminate on October 24.

“This tour is part of Hockey India’s effort to provide comprehensive practice ahead of the Champions Challenge I Tournament at Salta, Argentina in December and further build up for the World Cup at New Delhi in February-March next year,” a press release said.

Canada is currently ranked 11th in the FIH world ranking one position ahead of India.

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