Hockey team to play Test series in Canada

NEW DELHI: The Indian hockey team will tour Canada for a seven-match Test series starting October 9.

India will play their first two matches in Victoria October 9 and 11 and then move to Vancouver for the rest of the series Oct 14, 16, 18, 21, 24, Hockey India said in a statement on Wednesday.

The women’s team will compete in the Asia Cup at Bangkok October 30-November 8. The training camp for the core group of probables will start at Bhopal September 7.

India will also take part in the Under-18 Boys Asia Cup to be held at Yangon, Myanmar, November 14-22.

Also, the training camp for the core group of men’s probables for the Commonwealth Games 2010 will be held at Balewadi, Pune, September 7-October 2.