India are set for one of their most medal-heavy days yet at the 2026 Asian Games on September 28, with a stacked athletics programme and multiple shooting finals offering opportunities throughout Day 10. The action begins before sunrise with surfing and archery before Manu Bhaker, Esha Singh and Rahi Sarnobat take centre stage in the women’s 25m pistol.
The morning will also feature Sumit Nagal in tennis, Jyothi Surekha Vennam in compound archery and Lovlina Borgohain in boxing. India’s men’s cricket team have a knockout assignment against Afghanistan in the quarter-finals, while the men’s hockey side face Bangladesh later in the day.
The biggest concentration of medal events, however, comes in athletics. Avinash Sable, Murali Sreeshankar, Parul Chaudhary, Vithya Ramraj, Gulveer Singh, Rohit Yadav and Yashvir Singh are among the Indians scheduled for finals during a packed evening session.
Sable, Sreeshankar, Manu Bhaker headline huge medal day
Shooting could provide the first medals of the day, with Bhaker, Esha and Rahi involved in the women’s 25m pistol competition. India are scheduled for the team final in the morning before the individual final later, subject to qualification.
Athletics then takes over in the afternoon. Seema and Sanya Yadav begin India’s medal-event programme in the women’s discus throw before the 400m hurdles finals, Sable’s 3000m steeplechase, Sreeshankar’s long jump and the men’s javelin throw featuring Rohit Yadav and Yashvir Singh.
Parul Chaudhary and Seema will then contest the women’s 5000m final, while India are also scheduled for the women’s 4x100m relay final to close their programme.
India’s complete schedule for September 28
All timings are in IST.
Surfing
Men’s Shortboard – Round 3, Heat 2: Sivaraj Babu | 3:58 AM
Men’s Shortboard – Round 3, Heat 8: Kishore Kumar | 6:46 AM
Men’s Shortboard – Quarter-finals: Kishore Kumar, Sivaraj Babu, subject to qualification | 9:26 AM onwards
Archery
Compound Men’s Individual – 1/16 Elimination Round: Sahil Rajesh Jadhav, Thirumuru Ganesh Maniratnam | 4:45 AM
Compound Men’s Individual – 1/8 Elimination Round: Subject to qualification | 5:25 AM
Compound Women’s Individual – 1/16 Elimination Round: Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Tanishakti Chikitha | 9:45 AM
Compound Women’s Individual – 1/8 Elimination Round: Subject to qualification | 10:25 AM
Shooting
Women’s 25m Pistol – Rapid Qualification: Esha Singh, Manu Bhaker, Rahi Sarnobat | 6:10 AM
Women’s 25m Pistol Team – Final: India | 6:10 AM
Men’s Trap – Qualification, Day 2: Kynan Chenai, Athar Rizvi, Shapath Bharadwaj | 6:30 AM
Men’s Trap Team – Qualification, Day 2: India | 6:30 AM
Women’s Trap – Qualification, Day 2: Neeru, Manisha Keer, Aashima Ahlawat | 6:30 AM
Women’s Trap Team – Qualification, Day 2: India | 6:30 AM
Women’s 25m Pistol – Final: Esha Singh, Manu Bhaker, Rahi Sarnobat, subject to qualification | 10:45 AM
Sepaktakraw
Women’s Doubles – Preliminary Round, Group B: India vs Japan | 6:30 AM
Women’s Doubles – Semi-finals: Subject to qualification | 10:30 AM
Tennis
Men’s Singles – Second Round: Sumit Nagal vs Seongchan Hong | 6:30 AM
Men’s Singles – Second Round: Dhakshineswar Suresh vs Gunawan Trismantara | 6:30 AM onwards
Women’s Doubles – First Round: Ankita Raina/Rutuja Bhosale vs Yulia Putintseva/Anna Danilina | 7:30 AM onwards
Men’s Doubles – Second Round: Yuki Bhambri/Dhakshineswar Suresh vs Beibit Zhukayev/Denis Yevseyev | 9:00 AM onwards
Men’s Doubles – Second Round: Anirudh Chandrasekar/N Sriram Balaji vs Pradip Khadka/Abhishek Bastola | 9:00 AM onwards
Mixed Doubles – First Round: N Sriram Balaji/Ankita Raina vs Kiran Thompson/Eudice Chong | 9:00 AM onwards
Volleyball
Men’s Team – Preliminary Pool C: India vs Hong Kong | 6:30 AM
Squash
Women’s Team – Pool C: India vs China | 6:30 AM
Men’s Team – Pool A: India vs China | 8:30 AM
Women’s Team – Pool C: India vs Japan | 12:00 PM
Men’s Team – Pool C: India vs South Korea | 2:00 PM
Sailing
Men’s Skiff/49er – Opening Series: Prince Noble, Manu Francis | 7:30 AM onwards
Men’s Dinghy/ILCA 7 – Qualification Series: Vishnu Saravanan | 7:30 AM onwards
Women’s Skiff/49er FX – Qualification Series: Harshita Tomar, Shital Verma | 7:30 AM onwards
Women’s Dinghy/ILCA 6 – Qualification Series: Nethra Kumanan | 7:30 AM onwards
Mixed Dinghy/470 – Opening Series: Shraddha Verma, Ravindra Kumar | 8:30 AM onwards
Women’s Skiff/49er FX – Races 6, 7 and 8: Harshita Tomar, Shital Verma | 10:40 AM onwards
Girls’ Dinghy/ILCA 4 – Opening Series: Mahi Verma | 10:40 AM onwards
Kurash
Women’s -78kg – Second Round: Pincky Balhara | 8:00 AM
Women’s -78kg – Semi-finals: Pincky Balhara, subject to qualification | 10:40 AM
Women’s -78kg – Final: Pincky Balhara, subject to qualification | 11:30 AM
Cricket
Men’s Team – Quarter-final 2: India vs Afghanistan | 10:00 AM
Boxing
Women’s 75kg – Round of 16: Lovlina Borgohain vs Seong Suyeon | 10:00 AM
Women’s 60kg – Quarter-final: Priya vs Mijgona Samadova | 2:15 PM
Men’s 90kg – Quarter-final: Kapil Pokhariya vs Kim Gichae | 3:45 PM
Athletics
Women’s Discus Throw – Final: Seema, Sanya Yadav | 2:35 PM
Mixed 4x100m Relay – Round 1, Heat 2: India | 3:09 PM
Women’s 400m Hurdles – Final: Vithya Ramraj, Anu Raghavan | 3:53 PM
Men’s 400m Hurdles – Final: Santosh Kumar, Tamilarasan | 4:03 PM
Men’s 3000m Steeplechase – Final: Avinash Mukund Sable | 4:17 PM
Men’s Long Jump – Final: Murali Sreeshankar, David Solomon Patturaj | 4:30 PM
Men’s 1500m – Final: Yoonus Shah, Gulveer Singh | 4:38 PM
Men’s Javelin Throw – Final: Rohit Yadav, Yashvir Singh | 4:45 PM
Women’s 800m – Round 1, Heat 1: Gowthami Jayaraman | 4:50 PM
Women’s 800m – Round 1, Heat 2: Pooja | 5:00 PM
Women’s 5000m – Final: Parul Chaudhary, Seema | 5:13 PM
Men’s 4x400m Relay – Round 1, Heat 2: India | 6:01 PM
Women’s 4x100m Relay – Final: India | 6:34 PM
Hockey
Men’s Pool A: India vs Bangladesh | 3:30 PM