The Indian Men’s And Women’s Kabaddi teams will aim to secure a gold medal for the country as both play the gold medal match on Day 7. Both teams will play Iran in the summit clash on Saturday (September 26) at Tokai.
It is worth noting that both have won the gold in each edition; the sport has been part of the competition apart from 2018, when Iran secured victory in both.
Meanwhile, Anahat Singh will take the field in the women’s singles semi-final squash against Japan’s Satomi Watanabe. Meanwhile, there is an India-Pakistan clash in the Men’s Singles with Abhay Singh taking on Irfan Muhammad.
The Archery contingent will kickstart their campaign, while star shuttlers PV Sindhu, Unnati Hooda, Ayush Shetty, and Lakhya Sen will aim to progress further in the men’s and women’s singles.
Overall, there are 102 events in 15 sports among which 22 are medal events.
India Schedule On September 26 Asian Games 2026
3:58 AM – Surfing: Women’s Shortboard – Kamali Moorthy Prakash – Round 2, Heat 3 vs Camille Marie (Singapore)
4:00 AM – Athletics: Men’s Marathon – Sawan Barwal – Final
4:00 AM – Athletics: Men’s Marathon – Kartik Jayaraj Karkera – Final
4:30 AM – Archery: Recurve Men’s Individual – Dhiraj Bommadevara – Qualification
4:30 AM – Archery: Recurve Men’s Individual – Neeraj Chauhan – Qualification
4:30 AM – Archery: Recurve Men’s Individual – Yashdeep Bhoge – Qualification
4:30 AM – Archery: Recurve Men’s Team – Dhiraj Bommadevara, Neeraj Chauhan, Yashdeep Bhoge – Qualification
4:30 AM – Archery: Compound Women’s Individual – Jyothi Surekha Vennam – Qualification
4:30 AM – Archery: Compound Women’s Individual – Prithika Pradeep – Qualification
4:30 AM – Archery: Compound Women’s Individual – Taniparthi Chikitha – Qualification
4:30 AM – Archery: Compound Women’s Team – Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Prithika Pradeep, Taniparthi Chikitha – Qualification
4:54 AM – Surfing: Women’s Shortboard – Sugar Shanti Gayen – Round 2, Heat 7 vs Wan-yu Chen (Chinese Taipei)
5:35 AM – Athletics: Men’s Decathlon – 100m – Thowfeeq Noushad – Decathlon 1, Heat 1, Lane 7
5:43 AM – Athletics: Men’s Decathlon – 100m – Tejaswin Shankar – Decathlon 1, Heat 2, Lane 5
5:50 AM – Surfing: Men’s Shortboard – Sivaraj Babu – Round 2, Heat 1 vs Davoud Khadir (Iran)
6:00 AM – Badminton: Men’s Singles – Lakshya Sen – Round of 32 vs Loh Kean Yew (Singapore)
6:00 AM – Badminton: Men’s Singles – Ayush Shetty – Round of 32 vs Tajibullayev Maksut (Kazakhstan)
6:00 AM – Equestrian: Dressage Individual – Shruti Vora – Qualification
6:00 AM – Equestrian: Dressage Individual – Gaurav Pundir – Qualification
6:00 AM – Equestrian: Dressage Individual – Hriday Chheda – Qualification
6:00 AM – Equestrian: Dressage Individual – Jai Sud – Qualification
6:00 AM – Fencing: Women’s Foil Team – Joys Ashitha Stalinraj, Naorem Mina Devi, Kanupriya Chawla, Sonia Devi Waikhom – Round of 16 vs Indonesia
6:15 AM – Shooting: Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions Individual – Vidarsa K Vinod – Qualification Round
6:15 AM – Shooting: Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions Individual – Ashi Chouksey – Qualification Round
6:15 AM – Shooting: Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions Individual – Tilottama Sen – Qualification Round
6:15 AM – Shooting: Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions Team – Vidarsa K Vinod, Ashi Chouksey, Tilottama Sen – Final – Medal Event
6:15 AM – Athletics: Men’s Decathlon – Long Jump – Tejaswin Shankar – Decathlon 2
6:15 AM – Athletics: Men’s Decathlon – Long Jump – Thowfeeq Noushad – Decathlon 2
6:30 AM – Canoe Sprint: Men’s Kayak Single 500m – Harshwardhan Shaktawat Singh – Semifinal 1
6:30 AM – Table Tennis: Women’s Singles – Yashaswini Ghorpade – Round of 16 vs Miwa Harimoto (Japan)
6:45 AM – Esports: Puyo Puyo Champions – Paritosh – Quarterfinal, Match 3 vs Dongshin Kang (Republic of Korea)
6:50 AM – Canoe Sprint: Mixed Kayak Double 500m – Parvathy Geetha & Prasanna Kumar – Semifinal 1
7:00 AM – Fencing: Men’s Sabre Team – Karan Singh, Gisho Nidhi K.P., Lakshay Badser, Vishal Thapar – Round of 16 vs Philippines
7:15 AM onwards – Esports: Puyo Puyo Champions – Paritosh – Semifinals (subject to qualification)
7:45 AM – Esports: Puyo Puyo Champions – Paritosh – Final (subject to qualification) – Medal Event
7:55 AM – Athletics: Men’s Decathlon – Shot Put – Tejaswin Shankar – Decathlon 3
7:55 AM – Athletics: Men’s Decathlon – Shot Put – Thowfeeq Noushad – Decathlon 3
8:00 AM – Badminton: Women’s Singles – PV Sindhu – Round of 32 vs Chiu Pin Chian (Chinese Taipei)
8:00 AM – Badminton: Women’s Singles – Unnati Hooda – Round of 32 vs Wong Ling Ching (Malaysia)
8:00 AM – Fencing: Women’s Foil Team – Quarterfinal (subject to qualification)
8:00 AM – Fencing: Men’s Sabre Team – Quarterfinal (subject to qualification)
8:10 AM – Canoe Sprint: Men’s Kayak Single 500m – Harshwardhan Shaktawat – Final (subject to qualification) – Medal Event
8:20 AM – Canoe Sprint: Mixed Canoe Double 500m – Raju Rawat & L Neha Devi – Final A – Medal Event
8:30 AM – Canoe Sprint: Mixed Kayak Double 500m – Parvathy Geetha & Prasanna Kumar – Final – Medal Event
8:30 AM – Esports: Pokémon Unite – Adnan Mohammed Badshah, Deepkumar Vipulbhai Patel, Sai Krishna Nalluri, Dipjyoti Laxman Nath, Rudra Narayan Nayak, Reuben Fernandes – Group C vs Japan
8:30 AM – Squash: Mixed Doubles – Joshna Chinappa & Veelavan Senthilkumar – Semifinal, Match 1 vs Lee Ka Yi & Tang Ming Hong (Hong Kong)
8:32 AM – Athletics: Men’s 200m – Animesh Kujur – Round 1, Heat 5, Lane 5
9:00 AM onwards
9:00 AM – Archery: Recurve Women’s Individual – Ankita Bhakat – Qualification
9:00 AM – Archery: Recurve Women’s Individual – Kumkum Anil Mohod – Qualification
9:00 AM – Archery: Recurve Women’s Individual – Kirti Sharma – Qualification
9:00 AM – Archery: Recurve Women’s Team – Ankita Bhakat, Kumkum Anil Mohod, Kirti Sharma – Qualification
9:00 AM – Archery: Compound Men’s Individual – Sahil Rajesh Jadhav – Qualification
9:00 AM – Archery: Compound Men’s Individual – Thirumuru Ganesh Maniratnam – Qualification
9:00 AM – Archery: Compound Men’s Individual – Kushal Dalal – Qualification
9:00 AM – Archery: Compound Men’s Team – Sahil Rajesh Jadhav, Thirumuru Ganesh Maniratnam, Kushal Dalal – Qualification
9:00 AM – Archery: Compound Mixed Team – TBD – Qualification
9:00 AM – Archery: Recurve Mixed Team – TBD – Qualification
9:30 AM – Kabaddi: Women’s Team – Gold Medal Match vs Iran – Medal Event
9:30 AM – Sailing: Mixed Dinghy/470 Mix – Shraddha Verma & Ravindra Kumar – Opening Series Race
9:30 AM – Shooting: Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions Individual – Vidarsa K Vinod – Final (subject to qualification) – Medal Event
9:30 AM – Shooting: Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions Individual – Ashi Chouksey – Final (subject to qualification) – Medal Event
9:30 AM – Shooting: Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions Individual – Tilottama Sen – Final (subject to qualification) – Medal Event
10:15 AM – Boxing: Men’s 55kg – Jadumani Singh Mandengbam – Round of 16 vs Carlo Paalam (Philippines)
10:30 AM – Sailing: Men’s Skiff/49er Team – Prince Noble & Manu Francis – Opening Series Race
10:30 AM – Squash: Women’s Singles – Anahat Singh – Semifinal, Match 2 vs Satomi Watanabe (Japan) – Medal Event
10:30 AM onwards – Fencing: Women’s Foil Team – Semifinals (subject to qualification)
10:40 AM – Sailing: Women’s Skiff/49er FX Team – Harshita Tomar & Shital Verma – Opening Series Race
10:45 AM – Boxing: Men’s 90kg – Kapil Pokhariya – Round of 16 vs Sam Estaki (Iran)
11:00 AM – Badminton: Women’s Doubles – Treesa Jolly & Gayatri P Gopichand – Round of 16 vs Yuki Fukushima/Mayu Matsumoto (Japan)
11:15 AM – Squash: Men’s Singles – Abhay Singh – Semifinal, Match 2 vs Irfan Muhammad (Pakistan) – Medal Event
12:30 PM – Badminton: Men’s Singles – Lakshya Sen – Round of 16 (subject to qualification)
12:30 PM – Badminton: Men’s Singles – Ayush Shetty – Round of 16 (subject to qualification)
12:30 PM – Badminton: Women’s Singles – PV Sindhu – Round of 16 (subject to qualification)
12:30 PM – Badminton: Women’s Singles – Unnati Hooda – Round of 16 (subject to qualification)
12:30 PM onwards – Fencing: Men’s Sabre Team – Semifinals (subject to qualification)
1:30 PM – Hockey: Men’s Team – Pool A, Match 12 vs Japan
1:50 PM – Fencing: Women’s Foil Team – Final (subject to qualification) – Medal Event
2:15 PM – Boxing: Women’s 60kg – Priya – Round of 16 vs Oh Yeonji (Republic of Korea)
2:30 PM – Kabaddi: Men’s Team – Gold Medal Match vs Iran – Medal Event
2:35 PM – Athletics: Men’s Decathlon – High Jump – Tejaswin Shankar – Decathlon 4
2:35 PM – Athletics: Men’s Decathlon – High Jump – Thowfeeq Noushad – Decathlon 4
2:50 PM – Fencing: Men’s Sabre Team – Final (subject to qualification) – Medal Event
3:00 PM – Esports: Pokémon Unite – Group Stage Last Selection (subject to qualification)
4:04 PM – Athletics: Women’s 100m Hurdles – Jyothi Yarraji – Round 1, Heat 1, Lane 5
4:12 PM – Athletics: Women’s 100m Hurdles – Nandhini Kongan – Round 1, Heat 2, Lane 3
4:30 PM – Athletics: Men’s Shot Put – Tajinderpal Singh Toor – Final – Medal Event
4:30 PM – Athletics: Men’s Shot Put – Karanveer Singh – Final – Medal Event
4:33 PM – Athletics: Women’s 200m – Haritha Bhadra – Round 1, Heat 2, Lane 5
4:41 PM – Athletics: Women’s 200m – Unnati Aiyappa Bolland – Round 1, Heat 3, Lane 8
4:54 PM onwards – Athletics: Men’s 200m – Animesh Kujur – Semifinals (subject to qualification)
5:05 PM – Athletics: Men’s Triple Jump – Praveen Chithravel – Final – Medal Event
5:05 PM – Athletics: Men’s Triple Jump – Karthik Unnikrishnan – Final – Medal Event
5:21 PM – Athletics: Men’s 1500m – Yoonus Shah – Round 1, Heat 1, Lane 3
5:31 PM – Athletics: Men’s 1500m – Gulveer Singh – Round 1, Heat 2
5:50 PM onwards – Athletics: Men’s Decathlon – 400m – Tejaswin Shankar – Decathlon 5
5:50 PM onwards – Athletics: Men’s Decathlon – 400m – Thowfeeq Noushad – Decathlon 5
6:15 PM – Athletics: Women’s 400m – Kiran Pahal – Final – Medal Event
6:15 PM – Athletics: Women’s 400m – Prachi – Final – Medal Event
6:33 PM – Athletics: Men’s 400m – Vishal Thennarasu Kayalvizhi – Final – Medal Event
6:45 PM – Athletics: Women’s 1500m – Parul Chaudhary – Final – Medal Event
6:45 PM – Athletics: Women’s 1500m – Pooja – Final – Medal Event
TBD – Table Tennis: Men’s Singles – Manush Shah – Round of 16 vs Lin Shidong (China)