Bhubaneswar, Feb. 26 -- The Indian Men's and Women's Hockey teams opened their FIH Hockey Pro League campaigns on home soil at the Kalinga stadium in Bhubaneswar, playing eight matches each between February 15 to 25.

The Men's team delivered a stellar performance, winning five matches out of eight and sitting third in the standings with 15 points, just one point behind joint-leaders England and Spain. They opened their campaign with a 1-3 loss against Spain, but bounced back well with a 2-0 win against the same opposition.

The Men's team next faced World No.4 Germany and despite losing the first match, showed great defensive resilience the very next day to edge out a 1-0 win over the Germans. They then built on their momentum with back-...