NEW DELHI: The newly formed national hockey selection committee on Wednesday announced a 22-strong 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.

The Sqaud:

Goalkeepers: Adrian D’Souza and Sreejesh PR.
Defenders : Sandeep Singh, V Raghunath, Sardar Singh Midfeilders: Gurbaj Singh, Vikram Pillay, Dhananjay Mahadik, Dharamvir Singh, Birendar Lakra Sr. and Danish Mujtaba.
Forwards: Bharat Chikara, Arjun Halappa, Tushar Khandker, Rajpal Singh, Gurvinder Singh Chandi, Prabhjot Singh S V Sunil, Shivendra Singh, Sarwanjit Singh, Roshan Minz, Amir Khan

Standbys : Mandip Antil, Birendra Lakra Jr., Bharat Chetri, V S Vinaya, Ajitesh Roy.

Match Schedule:

1st Test: October 9th Victoria

2nd Test: October 11th Victoria

3rd Test: October 14th Vancouver

4th Test: October 16th Vancouver

5th Test: October 18th Vancouver

6th Test: October 22nd Vancouver

7th Test: October 24th Vancouver.