On September 23, India will compete in multiple medal events at the Asian Games 2026. The day features key competitions in shooting and weightlifting, alongside a men’s badminton semifinal against China. Additionally, there will be women’s hockey matches and potential strong performances expected in fencing, soft tennis, and esports.
The day begins as early as 5:30am IST, when Jay Meena plays his men’s singles soft tennis quarterfinal and India’s men’s sepaktakraw team faces the Philippines. Manu Bhaker, Esha Singh and Suruchi Inder Singh will be involved in the women’s air pistol qualification from 6:15am, with the individual final scheduled for 9am. The men’s badminton team faces China in the semifinal at 11:30am, the same time at which the Indian women’s hockey team plays Thailand in Pool B. Roshibina Devi’s women’s 60kg sanda semifinal against Indonesia’s Thania Kusumaningtyas will begin from 2:30pm IST. Suruchi Inder Singh, Esha Singh and Manu Bhaker begin qualification at 6:15am, with the final scheduled for 9am for those who progress. Gyaneshwari Yadav will compete later in the women’s 53kg Group A final at 1:30pm. Parinaaz Dhaliwal, Raiza Dhillon and Maheshwari Chauhan complete the women’s qualification programme before a possible final at 11am, while Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Bhavtegh Singh Gill and Mairaj Ahmad Khan are scheduled for the men’s final at 12:30pm. Men’s Singles – Quarterfinal: Jay Meena vs Sherwin Nuguit (Philippines) | 5:30am Men’s Singles – Semifinal: Jay Meena, subject to qualification | 8:30am Men’s Singles – Gold Medal Match: Jay Meena, subject to qualification | 12:15pm eFootball – Quarterfinal: Daniel and Chinmay Sahoo, subject to qualification | 5:30am eFootball – Semifinal: Daniel and Chinmay Sahoo, subject to qualification | 12:30pm onwards eFootball – Final: Daniel and Chinmay Sahoo, subject to qualification | 3:50pm Men’s Team Regu – Preliminary Round, Group B: India vs Philippines | 5:30am Men’s Single Sculls – Heat 2: Balraj Panwar | 5:40am Men’s Double Sculls – Heat 3: Satnam Singh, Salman Khan | 6:00am Men’s Pair – Heat 2: Jaswinder Singh, Nitin Kumar | 6:50am Women’s Four – Heat 1: Gurbani Kaur, Poonam, Tendenthoi Devi, Haobijam | 7:10am Men’s Lightweight Double Sculls – Heat 1: Rohit, Ujjwal Kumar Singh | 11:20am Men’s Quadruple Sculls – Heat 2: Arvind Singh, Kulwinder Singh, Navdeep Singh, Jakar Khan | 12:10pm Men’s Four – Heat 1: Ghurde Vipul Satish, Saurav Kumar, Babu Lal Yadav, Yogesh Kumar | 12:20pm Air Pistol Women – Individual Qualification: Suruchi Inder Singh, Esha Singh, Manu Bhaker | 6:15am Air Pistol Women – Team Qualification: Suruchi Inder Singh, Esha Singh, Manu Bhaker | 6:15am Skeet Men – Individual Qualification Day 3: Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Bhavtegh Singh Gill, Mairaj Ahmad Khan | 6:30am Skeet Men – Team Qualification Day 3: Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Bhavtegh Singh Gill, Mairaj Ahmad Khan | 6:30am Skeet Women – Individual Qualification Day 3: Parinaaz Dhaliwal, Raiza Dhillon, Maheshwari Chauhan | 6:30am Skeet Women – Team Qualification Day 3: Parinaaz Dhaliwal, Raiza Dhillon, Maheshwari Chauhan | 6:30am Air Pistol Women – Individual Final: Suruchi, Esha Singh, Manu Bhaker | 9:00am Skeet Women – Individual Final: Parinaaz Dhaliwal, Raiza Dhillon, Maheshwari Chauhan | 11:00am Skeet Men – Individual Final: Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Bhavtegh Singh Gill, Mairaj Ahmad Khan | 12:30pm Men’s Kayak Four 500m – Heat 1: Harshwardhan Shaktawat, Varinder Singh, L Naocha Singh Oinam, Arun Singh | 6:30am Women’s Canoe Single 200m – Heat 1: Megha Pradeep | 6:50am Women’s Kayak Double 500m – Heat 1: Parvathy Geetha, Phairembam Soniya Devi | 7:10am Men’s Kayak Double 500m – Heat 2: Prsanna Kumar CS, Prohit Baroi | 10:40am Women’s Canoe Double 500m – Heat 2: Megha Pradeep, L Neha Devi | 11:00am Eventing Individual, Cross Country – Final Day 2: Ashish Limaye | 6:30am Eventing Individual, Cross Country – Final Day 2: Fouaad Mirza | 6:30am Women’s Team – Preliminary Round, Group A: India vs Iran | 8:30am Men’s Team – Preliminary Round, Group A: India vs Bangladesh | 9:45am Men’s 80kg – Round of 16: Ankush vs Hamsa Vogel (Bahrain) | 8:30am onwards Women’s 49kg – Final, Group A: Mirabai Chanu | 10:00am Women’s 53kg – Final, Group A: Gyaneshwari Yadav | 1:30pm Men’s Singles – Round of 32: Abhay Singh vs Arkaradet Arkarahirunya (Thailand) | 10:30am Women’s Singles – Round of 32: Tanvi Khanna vs Kim Dami (Republic of Korea) | 11:15am Men’s Singles – Round of 32: Veer Chotrani vs Mohamed Shamil Mukthar Wakeel (Sri Lanka) | 12:00pm Men’s Team – Semifinal: India vs China | 11:30am Women’s Team – Pool B: India vs Thailand | 11:30am Women’s Sanda 60kg – Semifinal: Roshibina Devi vs Thania Kusumaningtyas (Indonesia) | 2:30pm onwards
Rowing, shooting, canoe sprint, table tennis and fencing then take over the morning programme before several of India’s biggest events arrive later in the day. Mirabai Chanu will then compete in the women’s 49kg weightlifting final at 10am, while India will also have possible medal opportunities in both the men’s and women’s skeet competitions. The first major medal window arrives in women’s air pistol. India will also contest the team event through the same three shooters. Mirabai Chanu takes centre stage at 10am in the women’s 49kg Group A final. Skeet also presents India with multiple opportunities. All timings are in IST.
Table Tennis
Mixed Doubles – Round of 32: Harmeet Desai/Yashaswini Ghorpade vs Ismael Mohamed/Ali Fathimath (Maldives) | 6:30am Mixed Doubles – Round of 32: Manush Shah/Diya Chitale vs Chanul Kulappuwawadu/Bimandee Swarn (Sri Lanka) | 7:10am Mixed Doubles – Round of 16: Manush Shah/Diya Chitale, subject to qualification | 10:15am Mixed Doubles – Round of 16: Harmeet Desai/Yashaswini Ghorpade, subject to qualification | 10:15am Men’s 100m Butterfly – Heat 2: Rohit Benedicton, Sajan Prakash | 6:42am Men’s 200m Freestyle – Heat 2: Aneesh Sunil Kumar Gowda, Vedaant Madhavan | 7:03am Men’s 100m Butterfly – Final: Rohit Benedicton, Sajan Prakash, subject to qualification | 1:38pm Men’s 200m Freestyle – Final: Aneesh Sunil Kumar Gowda, Vedaant Madhavan, subject to qualification | 1:54pm Women’s Foil Individual – Pool Stage: Naorem Mina Devi and Joys Ashitha Stalinraj | 6:30am onwards Men’s Sabre Individual – Pool Stage: Gisho Nidhi K.P. and Karan Singh | 8:15am onwards Women’s Foil Individual – Round of 32, subject to qualification | 9:30am Men’s Sabre Individual – Round of 32, subject to qualification | 9:50am Women’s Foil Individual – Round of 16, subject to qualification | 10:05am Men’s Sabre Individual – Round of 16, subject to qualification | 10:25am Women’s Foil Individual – Quarterfinals, subject to qualification | 11:00am Men’s Sabre Individual – Quarterfinals, subject to qualification | 11:00am Women’s Foil Individual – Semifinals, subject to qualification | 12:50pm onwards Men’s Sabre Individual – Semifinals, subject to qualification | 1:30pm onwards Women’s Foil Individual – Medal Bout, subject to qualification | 2:10pm Men’s Sabre Individual – Medal Bout, subject to qualification | 2:30pm
