Overview
- Men's Hero HIL runs January 3–26 across Chennai, Ranchi and Bhubaneswar, with the final at Bhubaneswar's Kalinga Stadium.
- The league returns with eight franchises in a league-plus-playoffs format; matches air on Sony Sports Network and Doordarshan Sports, with streaming on the HIL YouTube channel.
- India's men play FIH Pro League legs in Rourkela February 10–15 and in Australia February 21–25, before June fixtures in the Netherlands and the UK.
- The women's team hosts World Cup Qualifiers in Hyderabad March 8–14, their final route to the 2026 tournament in Belgium and the Netherlands, with teams such as England, Scotland and Korea in the field.
- Both squads target the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games September 19–October 4, with the men seeking a title defense that would secure direct qualification for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics.