Bengaluru, November 27: The 14th Men’s Hockey World Cup beginning at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar presents hosts India the best chance to end the 43-year-long trophy drought. The once mighty Indians who taught the rest of the world how to play hockey has fallen from those lofty standards and the fact that they have not won the World Cup since 1975 is a pointer in the case. Since then, India has seen countries from Europe and rest of the world giving them back a taste of their own medicine. After that epochal triumph against arch-rivals Pakistan in the 1975 World Cup final in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, which till date remains the country’s only victory in the competition, India have come nowhere near to winning the World Cup with the fifth-place finishes at the 1982 and 1994 editions being the next best. Come Wednesday (November 28), the Men in Blue will be eyeing redemption in front of the home fans. But their job is easier said than done as India are drawn in Group C along with Canada, Belgium and South Africa, their opponent in the first match. They then take on Belgium on Sunday (December 2) before winding up…