This time in 2024, when India’s hockey teams kick-started their Pro League commitments, the circumstances couldn’t have been more contrasting. The men were in an experimental mode, upbeat after the Asian Games and brimming with self-belief to finish on the Olympic podium again — which they did. The women’s team, meanwhile, were recovering from a heartbreak like never before. They failed to qualify for the Paris Games, which put many celebrated careers in a spot of bother. And the then-coach, Janneke Schopman, lashed out heavily at the administration. A year on, they return to the competition in different moods and ambitions. Craig Fulton and Harmanpreet Singh’s men are strutting around with an aura around them; not necessarily of invincibility — that they are not — but one of them being taken seriously in world hockey. In Salima Tete, the women have a new leader; the old guard have stayed on and with the Olympic setback now behind them, the Harendra Singh-coached team once again seems to have the wind in their sails. And later this …