On Sunday afternoon in Surrey, B.C., the largest crowd so far in the 7 Test Super Series turned up for the fifth test match between Canada and India. Some 2,500 fans were treated to an exciting show. India defeated Canada with a 3-1 score line to seal the series. With this victory India have an unaasailable 4-0 lead over Canada. Out of the 5 matches that have been played, one ended in a draw.

Sandeep Singh continued his brilliant form to score twice at Tamanawis Park. Sandeep struck scored in the 35th and 67th minutes after Gurwinder Chandi opened the scoring for India in the 29th minute. David Jameson scored the only goal for Canada in the 41st minute.

Canada began aggressively winning a penalty corner when Mark Pearson was stick-fouled by Sandeep. However, Scott Tupper’s flick did not turn into a goal. India started in a defensive mode and lacked lusture initially untill they opened their account with a sortie led by Sardar Singh who strode with great pace in the midfield to set up Prabhjot to tap Chandi, who beat Carter in the bars with a wrong foot shot in the 29th minute.

Canada played well throughout and were unfairly handed a foul which gave India the opportunity to seal the game. David Carter played an excellent game that included a number of strong baseline challenges that stopped a number of Indian scoring opportunities. In the 67th minute he raced the opposing right winger to a stretch pass near the sideline and seemingly hit the ball cleanly out of play, which was called a foul by the refree.

“It was clean.  I’m sure the video will show the same thing,” said an adamant Carter. The referee did not see it the same way as he called a deliberate foul on Carter, awarding an automatic penalty corner to India. On the ensuing corner, Sandeep Singh, India’s most dangerous player, put away yet another goal to seal the game 3-1.