Asian Games 2026: India’s complete schedule for September 23, medal events and timings

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Indian women’s ice hockey team at the Asian Games India will have another busy day at the 2026 Asian Games on Wednesday, September 23, when some of the country’s top athletes will be in action in Aichi-Nagoya.Shooting and weightlifting will lead India’s medal hopes on Day 4, while the men’s badminton team will play for a spot in the gold medal match.Two-time Olympic medalist Manu Bhaker will be one of the main attractions of the day. She will compete alongside Suruchi Inder Singh and Esha Singh in the women’s 10m air pistol qualification. The trio will also take part in the team event and Bhaker, Suruchi and Esha will compete in the individual finals if they qualify.Weightlifting will also be in the spotlight as Olympic medalist Mirabai Chanu begins her campaign in the women’s 49kg category. He will be aiming to win his first Asian Games medal. Later in the day, Gyaneshwari Yadav will compete in the women’s 53kg event.Having already clinched a medal after defeating Japan in the quarter-finals, the Indian men’s badminton team will face China in the semi-finals. Lakshya Sen, Ayush Shetty, HS Prannoy, Kidambi Srikanth, Tharun Mannepalli and the doubles pair of Satwiksaraj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty are part of the Indian play-off team.India will also be in action in hockey and wushu, along with several other sports, as the contingent looks to add to its medal tally on another busy day at the Games.Asian Games full coverage | Schedule | Medal countsHere is the complete schedule for Indian athletes at the 2026 Asian Games on Wednesday, September 23.

  • 5:30: Sepaktakraw – India vs. Philippines in the Men’s Team B regular season match.
  • 5.30am: Esports – Daniel and Chinmay Sahoo in eFootball quarter-finals, subject to qualification.
  • 5.40am: Rowing – Balraj Panwar in individual heats.
  • 5:30: Soft Tennis – Jay Meena vs Sherwin Nuguit in Men’s Singles Quarterfinals
  • From 5:30 a.m.: Rowing – Several Indians involved in heats.
  • 6:00: Rowing – Satnam Singh-Salman Kha in the men’s doubles heats.
  • 6.15 am: Shooting – Manu Bhaker, Suruchi Inder Singh, Esha Singh in 10m air pistol individual qualification and team final.
  • 6.30 am: Shooting – Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Mairaj Khan, Bhavtegh Singh Gill in Men’s Individual and Team Skeet Finals, Day 3
  • 6.30am: Shooting – Raiza Dhillon, Parinaaz Dhaliwal, Maheshwari Chauhan in Women’s Skeet Individual Qualification and Final, Day 3
  • 6.30: Table tennis – Harmeet Desai-Yashaswini Ghorpade vs. Mohamed Ismail-Fathimath Ali of Maldives in a mixed doubles 2nd round match.
  • 6:30: Fencing – Mina Devi Naorem, Ashitha Stalinraj in individual disciplines of the women’s wing. G Nidhi Kumaresan, Karan Singh in Men’s Individual Sabre. Round of 32, 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and medal matches followed.
  • 6.30am: Equestrian – Fouaad Mirza/Camouflage 38, Arjan Singh Nagra/Cooley Goodwood, Ashish Limaye/Willy be Dun in all-around individual and team medal events.
  • 6.42am: Swimming – Benedicton Beniston and Sajan Prakash in the men’s 100m butterfly heats.
  • 6.50am: Rowing – Jaswinder Singh and Nitin Kumar in the men’s doubles heats.
  • 7.01am: Swimming – Vedaant Madhavan and Aneesh Sunil in the men’s 200m freestyle heats.
  • 7:10: Table tennis – Manush Shah-Diya Chitale vs. Chanul Kulappuwawadu-Bimandee Swarna of Sri Lanka in a 2nd round mixed doubles match.
  • 7.10am: Rowing – Gurbani Kaur, Aleena Anto, Tendenthoi Haobijam, Poonam in the women’s four heats.
  • 8.15am onwards: Fencing – Gisho Nidhi KP and Karan Singh in men’s saber pool singles matches.
  • 8.30am: Kabaddi – India vs Iran in Women’s Group A match.
  • 9:00 a.m. Shooting – Manu Bhaker, Suruchi Inder Singh, Esha Singh in the 10m individual air pistol final (if they qualify).
  • 9.40 am: Kabaddi – India Vs. Bangladesh in Men’s Group A match.
  • 10:00 a.m. Weightlifting – Mirabai Chanu in the women’s 49 kg (medal race).
  • Around 10.30am: Boxing – Ankush vs Hamsa Vogel of Brunei in Men’s 80kg Under 32 bout
  • 10.30am: Squash – Abhay Singh vs Arkaradet Arkarahirunya of Thailand in a men’s singles round of 32 match.
  • 11.10am: Rowing – Ajay Tyagi in men’s lightweight heats.
  • 11.15am: Squash – Tanvi Khanna vs Kim Dami in the women’s under-32 singles match.
  • 11.20am: Rowing – Rohit-Ujwal Kumar Singh in the lightweight men’s double sculls heats.
  • 11:30 a.m.: Hockey – India vs. Thailand in the Women’s Group B match.
  • 11.30am: Badminton – India vs China in men’s team semi-finals.
  • 12:00: Squash – Veer Chotrani vs. Samil Wakeel of Sri Lanka in the men’s round of 32 match.
  • 12.10pm: Rowing – Arvind Singh, Kulwinder Singh, Navdeep Singh and Jakar Khan in the heats of the men’s quad.
  • 12.20 pm: Rowing – Vipul Ghurde, Saurav Kumar, Babu Lal Yadav and Yogesh Kumar in the men’s four heats.
  • From 12.30pm: Esports – Daniel and Chinmay Sahoo in the eFootball semi-finals, subject to qualification.
  • 1.30pm: Weightlifting – Gyaneshwari Yadav in Women’s 53kg (medal placement).
  • 1.38pm: Swimming – Benedicton Beniston and Sajan Prakash in men’s 100m butterfly final (if they qualify).
  • 1:54 pm: Swimming – Vedaant Madhavan and Aneesh Sunil in men’s 200m freestyle final (if they qualify).
  • 14:30: Wushu – Roshibina Devi vs. Thania Kusumaningtyas in the women’s 60kg semi-final.
  • 15:50: Esports – Daniel and Chinmay Sahoo in the eFootball final, subject to qualification. (medal event)