Asian Games 2026: 23rd September is going to be very important for Indian players in the Asian Games 2026. Many players from India will stake claim for medals in different sports. Indian sports fans will especially keep an eye on weightlifting, shooting and badminton.
Star weightlifter Mirabai Chanu will contest the finals of the women's 49 kg category. At the same time, Manu Bhakar, who has won two individual bronze medals in the Paris Olympics 2024, will present India's challenge in the women's 10 meter air pistol event. Apart from this, the men's badminton team will face China in the semi-finals.
Eye on Mirabai Chanu's final
Mirabai Chanu will have a chance to add another medal to India's medal haul on September 23. After winning the silver medal at the 2026 Commonwealth Games, she will now compete in the women's 49kg weightlifting final at the Asian Games.
Indian fans will keep a special eye on Mirabai's performance and a medal is expected from her.
Manu Bhaker's challenge in shooting
Manu Bhaker will be among the leading players of India in shooting. Manu, who won two individual bronze medals at the Paris 2024 Olympics, will now compete in the women's 10 meter air pistol event.
Women's 10m air pistol individual qualifications and team finals are scheduled from 6:15 am. Having qualified for the individual finals, Manu Bhaker, Suruchi Singh and Isha Singh will compete in the final at 9 am.
Indian badminton team will face China
In badminton, India's men's team will face China in the semi-final match. The Indian team is already assured of at least a bronze medal. Now the team will look to make it to the finals.
India vs China men's team semi-final will be played at 11:30 am.
Indian players will participate in these games on 23 September
swimming
- 6:42 am: Men's 100m Butterfly Heat-2 – Benedicton Rohit, Sajan Prakash
- 7:03 am: Men's 200m Freestyle Heat-2 — Vedant Madhavan, Anish Gowda
- 1:38 pm: Men's 100m Butterfly Final – Subject to Qualification
- 1:54 pm: Men's 200m Freestyle Final – Subject to Qualification
badminton
- 11:30 am: Men's Team Semi-Final – India vs China
boxing
- 10:15 am: Men's 80kg, Round of 16 — Ankush vs Hamsa Vogel (Bahrain)
canoe sprint
- 6:30 am: Men's Kayak Four 500m Heats — Oinam Arun Singh, Harshvardhan Singh Shaktawat, Varinder Singh, Naocha Singh Laitonjam
- 6:50 am: Women's Canoe Single 200m Heats – Megha Pradeep
- 7:10 am: Women's Kayak Double 500m Heats — Parvati Geeta, Sonia Devi Farembam
- 10:30 am: Men's Kayak Double 500m Heats – Prohit Baroi, Prasanna Kumar Chempadiyal Satyaprakash
- 10:50 am: Women's Canoe Double 500m Heats — Neha Devi Leichonbaum, Megha Pradeep
horse riding
- 6:30 am: Eventing Team Cross Country Medal Round – Fuad Mirza, Arjan Singh Nagra, Ashish Limaye
- 6:30 am: Eventing Individual Cross Country Medal Round – Fuad Mirza, Arjan Singh Nagra, Ashish Limaye
fencing
- From 6:30 am: Women's Foil Individual Pool Stage — Meena Devi Naorem, Joyce Ashita Stalinraj
- From 8:15 am: Men's Saber Individual Pool Stage — Gisho Nidhi Kumaresan Padma, Karan Singh
- From 9:30 am: Women's Foil Round of 32 – subject to qualification
- From 9:50 am: Men's Saber Round of 32 — subject to qualification
- From 10:05 am: Women's Foil Round of 16 — subject to qualification
- From 10:25 am: Men's Saber Round of 16 — subject to qualification
- From 11 am: Women's Foil Quarterfinals – Subject to Qualification
- From 11 am: Men's Saber Quarterfinals – Depending on Qualification
- From 12:50 pm: Women's foil semi-finals – subject to qualification
- From 1:30 pm: Men's Saber Semifinals – Subject to Qualification
- From 2:10 pm: Women's foil final – subject to qualification
- After 2:30 pm: Men's Saber Individual Final – subject to qualification
Hockey
- 11:30 am: Women's Pool B Match — India vs Thailand
Kabaddi
- 8:30 am: Women's Team Group A — India vs Iran
- 9:45 am: Men's Team Group A — India vs Bangladesh
rowing
- 5:40 am: Men's Single Sculls Heats — Balraj Panwar
- 6:00 am: Men's Double Sculls Heats — Satnam Singh, Salman Khan
- 6:50 am: Men's Pair Heats – Jaswinder Singh, Nitin Kumar
- 7:10 am: Women's Four Heats — Poonam, Alina Anto, Tendenthoi Devi Haobijam, Gurbani Kaur
- 11:10 am: Lightweight Men's Single Sculls Heats — Ajay Tyagi
- 11:20 am: Lightweight Men's Double Sculls Heats — Ujjwal Kumar Singh, Rohit
- 12:10 pm: Men's Quadruple Sculls Heats — Arvind Singh, Kulwinder Singh, Navdeep Singh, Jakar Khan
- 12:20 pm: Men's 4 Heat — Vipul Ghurde, Saurav Kumar, Babu Lal Yadav, Yogesh Kumar
Sepkatkara
- 5:30 am: Men's Rugby Team, Group B — India vs Philippines
shooting
- 6:15 am: Women's 10m Air Pistol Individual Qualification and Team Final — Suruchi Singh, Isha Singh, Manu Bhaker
- 6:30 am: Men's Skeet Individual Qualification and Team Final, Day-3 — Bhavteg Singh Gill, Mairaj Ahmed Khan, Anant Jeet Singh Naruka
- 6:30 am: Women's Skeet Individual Qualification and Team Final, Day-3 — Maheshwari Chauhan, Parinaaz Dhaliwal, Raiza Dhillon
- at 9 am: Women's 10m Air Pistol Individual Final – Upon Qualifying
- 11 am: Women's Skeet Individual Final – Qualifying
- 12:30 PM: Men's Skeet Individual Final – Qualifying
Squash
- 10:30 am: Men's Singles Round of 32 — Abhay Singh vs Arakaradet Arakarahirunya (Thailand)
- 11:15 am: Women's Singles Round of 32 — Tanvi Khanna vs. Damie Kim (South Korea)
- 12:00 PM: Men's Singles Round of 32 — Veer Chotrani vs Shamil Vakil (Sri Lanka)
table tennis
- 6:30 am: Mixed Doubles Round of 32 — Harmeet Desai/Yashaswini Ghorpade vs Mohammed Ismail/Fathimath Ali (Maldives)
- 7:10 am: Mixed Doubles Round of 32 — Manush Shah/Diya Chitale vs Chanul Kulappuvadu/Bimandi Swarna (Sri Lanka)
- From 10:15 am: Mixed doubles round of 16 — upon qualifying
wushu
- From 2:30 pm: Roshibina Devi vs. Thania Kusumaningtyas (Indonesia) — Women's Sanda 60kg Semifinal
India's big expectations on 23rd September
Mirabai Chanu's weightlifting final, Manu Bhaker's shooting event and India-China men's badminton semi-final will be the most important matches on this day of Asian Games. Apart from these, Indian players will also present their challenge in Hockey, Kabaddi, Rowing, Fencing, Squash, Table Tennis and Wushu.
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