It has been a decent start to India's Asian Games 2026 campaign with the opening two days fetching six medals. Day 3 action will see opportunities for Indian athletes to medal in shooting, cricket, karate and wushu.
Elavenil Valarivan, who has already won two silver medals in shooting, will look to add more to her tally as she pairs up Parth Mane in 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team qualification and later in the finals.
There's a very good chance India will win their first gold medal at the Games with the women's cricket team being the favourites against Sri Lanka in the final.
In badminton, India will have to face Japan in both men's and women's team quarterfinals.
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Here's a look at India's schedule for September 22, 2026, Tuesday:
NOTE: The event timings are in IST chronological order.
LIVE
Sepaktakraw - India vs Malaysia in men's team Regu Group B.
Soft Tennis - Aadhya Tiwari vs Alisha Ziegler (Thailand) in women's singles Group D.
eSports - India vs Uzbekistan in eFootball Group F.
UPCOMING EVENTS
5:45 a.m. onwards: Equestrian - Fouaad Mirza/Camouflage 38 [7:10 a.m], Arjan Nagra/Cooley Goodwood [8:17 a.m] and Ashish Limaye/Willy Be Dun [9:13 a.m] in Dressage event.
6:00 a.m.: Badminton - India vs Japan in women's team quarterfinal.
6:15 a.m.: Shooting - Elavenil Valarivan and Parth Mane in 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team qualification and medal matches.
6:29 a.m.: Wushu - Langlentombi Devi Hanjabam in women's Nanquan final.
6:30 a.m.: Shooting - Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Mairaj Khan, Bhavtegh Singh Gill in skeet men's individual qualification and men's team final, Day 2.
6:30 a.m.: Shooting - Raiza Dhillon, Parinaaz Dhaliwal, Maheshwari Chauhan in skeet women's individual qualification and women's team final, Day 2.
6:30 a.m.: Table Tennis - India vs Thailand in women's team round of 16.
6:30 a.m. onwards.: Fencing - Sachin and Hemash Singh in men's individual foil bouts; Mitva Chaudhari and Tanishka Khatri women's epee pool bouts. Followed by quarterfinals, semifinals and finals.
7:00 a.m.: Soft Tennis - Jay Meena vs Hussain Arain (Pakistan) in men's singles Group D.
7:15 a.m.: Kabaddi - India vs South Korea in men's Group A.
7:29 a.m.: Swimming - Aryan Nehra in men's 1500m freestyle final B.
7:35 a.m.: Karate - Chetan Bhatt vs TBC in men's Kumite -84kg. semifinals.
8:05 a.m.: Swimming - Rishabh Das, Akash Mani, Benediction Beniston and Dhanush Suresh in Men's 4x100m medley relay heats.
8:15 a.m.: Fencing - Taniksha Khatri and Prachi Lohan in women's individual epee.
9:00 a.m.: Boxing - Sakshi Chaudhary vs Aira Villegas (Phillippines) in women's 51kg round of 32.
9:20 a.m.: Karate - Alisha Choudhary vs Cok Istri Agung Sanistyarani (Indonesia) in women's Kumite -55kg round of 16.
9:30 a.m.: Soft Tennis - Aryan Thakur vs Bold-erdene Altangerel (Mongolia) in men's singles Group C.
9:30 a.m.: Equestrian - Fouaad Mirza/Camouflage 38 and Arjan Nagra/Cooley Goodwood in Cross Country.
10:04 a.m.: Karate - Alisha Choudhary in women's Kumite -55kg round quarterfinal match (if she qualifies).
10:30 a.m.: Boxing - Jadumani Singh vs Chandra Bahadur Thapa (Nepal) in men's 55kg round of 32.
10:30 a.m.: Soft Tennis - Aadhya Tiwari vs Kainaat Shallwani (Pakistan) in women's singles Group D.
10:30 a.m.: Cricket - India vs Sri Lanka in women's gold medal match.
10:35 a.m.: Karate - Chetan Bhatt in men's Kumite -84kg final (if he qualifies).
10:40 a.m.: Karate - Alisha Choudhary in women's Kumite -55kg round bronze medal match (if she qualifies).
11:30 a.m.: Badminton - India vs Japan in men's team quarterfinal.
11:59 a.m.: Wushu - Langlentombi Devi Hanjabam in women's Nandao final.
12:00 p.m.: Soft Tennis - Aryan Thakur vs Chen Po-Yi (Chinese Taipei) in men's singles Group C.
12:40 p.m.: Karate - Chetan Bhatt in men's Kumite -84kg final (if he qualifies).
12:50 p.m.: Karate - Alisha Choudhary in women's Kumite -55kg round gold medal match (if she qualifies).
2:00 p.m.: eSports - India vs Mongolia in eFootball Group F.
Around 3:15 p.m.: Wushu - Roshibina Devi vs TBC in in women's 60kg quarterfinal.
3:30 p.m.: Hockey - India vs Sri Lanka in men's Pool A.