The newly formed national hockey selection committee today announced a 22-strong squad, for the 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. Canada is currently ranked 11th in the FIH World Ranking one position ahead of India