Tirkeys ignored for hockey Test series vs Canada

No player from Orissa, including the Tirkey trio (Dilip, Ignace, Prabodh), found place in a 22-member Indian squad for a seven-match Test series against Canada from next month. Interestingly, the newly appointed selection committee did not name any captain for the exposure trip and captaincy would 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. The 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. Canada is currently ranked 11th in the FIH World ranking one position ahead of India. SQAUD: Goalkeepers: Adrian D’Souza, Sreejesh Pr. Defenders: Sandeep Singh, V Raghunath, Sardar Singh Midfeilders: Gurbaj Singh, vikram pillay, Dhananjay Mahadik, Dharamvir singh, Birendar Lakra Sr, 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)