[hockey] Canada-India 7-test Series Starts Today

Indian hockey team will play a 7-test series against Canada starting from today. The series, being held in Canada, is seen as the preparation for the Champions Challenge Trophy to be held in December and then the World Cup in 2010. The teams will play 7 matches to be held on 9th, 11th, 14th, 16th, 18th, 22nd and 24th of October. The first two matches will be played in Victoria and then the teams will shift to Surrey.
India and Canada have played 26 matches till date in which India has won 16, Canada 8 and 2 matches ended as draw. The biggest margin for the teams is 4-1 for Canada (world cup 1998) and for India it is 5-1(in 1988 olympic games) and 7-3( in 10-nations meet in Australia in 1979). However, India have won all of the last 6 matches between them with the last loss coming in 1999. Canda have scored 44 goals while India 63.