The 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games will kick off on Saturday (September 19) with a grand opening ceremony at the Paloma Mizuho Stadium. Paris Olympics hero Manu Bhaker and two-time Asiad gold medalist Tajinderpal Singh Toor will be India’s flag bearers, with nearly 500 athletes set to take part from the country.
India produced their best-ever performance in the 2023 edition in Hangzhou with 107 medals (28 gold, 38 silver, and 41 bronze medals), which marked the first instance of India crossing the triple-digit mark. This time around, the country has a chance of bettering its display.
All Indian Athletes Taking Part In Asian Games 2026 (By Sport)
ARCHERY
Recurve – Men
- Dhiraj Bommadevara – Individual & Team
- Neeraj Chauhan – Individual & Team
- Yashdeep Bhoge – Individual & Team
Recurve – Women
- Kumkum Mohod – Individual & Team
- Kirti Sharma – Individual & Team
- Ankita Bhakat – Individual & Team
Compound – Men
- Thirumuru Ganesh Mani Ratnam – Individual & Team
- Sahil Jadhav – Individual & Team
- Kushal Dalal – Individual & Team
Compound – Women
- Jyothi Surekha Vennam – Individual & Team
- Chikitha Taniparthi – Individual & Team
- Prithika Pradeep – Individual & Team
ATHLETICS
Track – Men
- Animesh Kujur – 100m, 200m, 4x100m Mixed Relay
- Gurindervir Singh – 100m, 4x100m Mixed Relay
- Rajesh Ramesh – 400m, 4x400m Men’s Relay
- Vishal TK – 400m, 4x400m Men’s Relay
- Manu TS – 4x400m Mixed Relay, 4x400m Men’s Relay
- Jay Kumar – 4x400m Mixed Relay, 4x400m Men’s Relay
- Mohammed Ashfaq – 4x400m Men’s Relay
- Dharmveer Singh – 4x400m Men’s Relay
- Pranav Gurav – 4x100m Mixed Relay
- Yashas Palaksha – 400m Hurdles
- Santhosh Thamilarasan – 400m Hurdles
- Mohammed Afsal – 800m
- Krishna Kumar – 800m
- Gulveer Singh – 1500m, 5000m, 10000m
- Yoonus Shah – 1500m
- Avinash Sable – 3000m Steeplechase, 5000m
- Kartik Karkera – Marathon
- Sawan Barwal – Marathon
Track – Women
- Jyothi Yarraji – 100m Hurdles
- Nandhini Kongan – 100m Hurdles
- Unnathi Bollanda – 200m, 4x100m Mixed Relay
- Harita Bhadra – 200m, 4x100m Mixed Relay
- Tamanna Dhankeri – 4x100m Mixed Relay, 4x100m Women’s Relay
- Srabani Nanda – 4x100m Women’s Relay
- Sneha Gowda Sathyanarayana – 4x100m Mixed Relay, 4x100m Women’s Relay
- Abinaya Rajarajan – 4x100m Women’s Relay
- Sudeshna Shivankar Hanmant Shanuvalli – 4x100m Women’s Relay
- Prachi Choudhary – 400m, 4x400m Women’s Relay
- Kiran Pahal – 400m, 4x400m Women’s Relay
- Ansa Babu – 4x400m Mixed Relay, 4x400m Women’s Relay
- Rashdeep Kaur – 4x400m Mixed Relay, 4x400m Women’s Relay
- Neeru Pathak – 4x400m Women’s Relay
- Poovamma R Machettira – 4x400m Women’s Relay
- Kumari Saloni Nagar – 4x400m Women’s Relay
- Anu Raghavan – 400m Hurdles
- Vithya Ramraj – 400m Hurdles, 4x400m Women’s Relay
- Gowthami Jayaraman – 800m
- Pooja Olla – 800m, 1500m
- Parul Chaudhary – 1500m, 3000m Steeplechase, 5000m
- Seema Kumari – 5000m, 10000m
- Ankita – 3000m Steeplechase
- Priyanka Goswami – Marathon Race Walk
- Manju Rani – Marathon Race Walk
Field – Men
- Sarvesh Kushare – High Jump
- J Aadarsh Ram – High Jump
- Sreeshankar Murali – Long Jump
- Praveen Chithravel – Triple Jump
- Karthik Unnikrishnan – Triple Jump
- Tajinderpal Singh Toor – Shot Put
- Karanveer Singh – Shot Put
- Praveen Kumar – Hammer Throw
- Damneet Singh – Hammer Throw
- Yash Vir Singh – Javelin Throw
- Rohit Yadav – Javelin Throw
- Kuldeep Kumar – Pole Vault
- Dev Meena – Pole Vault
Field – Women
- Pooja Singh – High Jump
- Supriya Basavaraju – High Jump
- Ancy Sojan – Long Jump
- Shaili Singh – Long Jump
- Niharika Vashisht – Triple Jump
- Asha Ilango – Triple Jump
- Manpreet Kaur – Shot Put
- Krishna Jayasankar Menon – Shot Put
- Seema Kaliramna – Discus Throw
- Sanya Yadav – Discus Throw
- Anushka Yadav – Hammer Throw
- Tanya Chaudhary – Hammer Throw
- Sindhushree Ganesh – Pole Vault
- Baranica Elangovan – Pole Vault
Combined
- N Thowfeeq – Decathlon
- Tejaswin Shankar – Decathlon
- Anamika Aneesh Kozhinjaparambil – Heptathlon
- Pooja Sharma – Heptathlon
BADMINTON
Men
- Lakshya Sen – Singles, Team
- Ayush Shetty – Singles, Team
- HS Prannoy – Team
- Kidambi Srikanth – Team
- Tharun Mannepalli – Team
- Satwiksairaj Rankireddy – Doubles, Team
- Chirag Shetty – Doubles, Team
- Hariharan Amsakarunan – Doubles, Team
- Arjun MR – Doubles, Team
- Dhruv Kapila – Mixed Doubles, Team
Women
- PV Sindhu – Singles, Team
- Unnati Hooda – Singles, Team
- Devika Sihag – Team
- Tanvi Sharma – Team
- Isharani Baruah – Team
- Treesa Jolly – Doubles, Team
- Gayatri Gopichand – Doubles, Team
- Kavipriya Selvam – Doubles, Team
- Simran Singhi – Doubles, Team
- Tanisha Crasto – Mixed Doubles, Team
BOXING
- Jadumani Singh – Men’s 55 kg
- Sachin Siwach – Men’s 60 kg
- Sumit Kundu – Men’s 70 kg
- Ankush Panghal – Men’s 80 kg
- Kapil Pokhariya – Men’s 90 kg
- Narender Berwal – Men’s 90+ kg
- Sakshi Choudhary – Women’s 51 kg
- Preeti Pawar – Women’s 54 kg
- Priya Ghanghas – Women’s 60 kg
- Parveen Hooda – Women’s 65 kg
- Lovlina Borgohain – Women’s 75 kg
CANOEING
Slalom
- Hitesh Kewat – Men’s K-1, Men’s Kayak Cross
- Pradhyumna Singh Rathod – Men’s K-1, Men’s Kayak Cross
- Pallavi Jagtap – Women’s K-1
- Rina Sen – Women’s K-1
- Shikha Chouhan – Women’s Kayak Cross
Sprint
- Gyaneshwor Singh Philem – Men’s C-2 500m, Mixed C-2 500m
- Raju Rawat – Men’s C-2 500m
- Soniya Devi Phairembam – Women’s C-1 200m, Women’s K-2 500m, Women’s K-4 500m
- Neha Devi Leichonbam – Women’s C-2 500m
- Megha Pradeep – Women’s C-2 500m, Mixed C-2 500m
- Prohit Baroi – Men’s K-2 500m
- CS Prasanna Kumar – Men’s K-2 500m, Mixed K-2 500m
- Naocha Singh Laitonjam – Men’s K-4 500m
- Harshwardhan Singh Shaktawat – Men’s K-4 500m
- Varinder Singh – Men’s K-4 500m
- Oinam Arun Singh – Men’s K-4 500m
- Dhanamjuri Devi Khwairakpam – Women’s K-2 500m, Women’s K-4 500m
- Paravathy Geetha – Women’s K-4 500m, Mixed K-2 500m
- Pooja – Women’s K-4 500m
CRICKET
Men
- Shreyas Iyer (capt)
- Tilak Varma (vice-capt)
- Abhishek Sharma
- Sanju Samson (wk)
- Ishan Kishan (wk)
- Shivam Dube
- Axar Patel
- Washington Sundar
- Ravi Bishnoi
- Jasprit Bumrah
- Arshdeep Singh
- Vaibhav Sooryavanshi
- Yash Thakur
- Vipraj Nigam
Women
- Harmanpreet Kaur (c)
- Smriti Mandhana (vc)
- Shafali Verma
- Deepti Sharma
- Richa Ghosh (wk)
- Gunalan Kamalini (wk)
- Bharti Fulmali
- Shree Charani
- Renuka Singh Thakur
- Kranti Gaud
- Arundhati Reddy
- Shreyanka Patil
- Radha Yadav
- Nandani Sharma
- Pratika Rawal
CYCLING
Men
- Harshveer Singh Sekhon – Keirin, Omnium, Madison
- Vishavjeet Singh – Madison
- Ronaldo Singh Laitonjam – Individual Sprint, Team Sprint
- David Beckham Elkatohchoongo – Individual Sprint, Team Sprint
- Jemsh Singh Keithellakpam – Team Sprint
- Rojit Singh – Team Sprint
Women
- Keerthi Chikka Rangaswamy – Keirin, Team Sprint
- Harshita Jakhar – Madison, Omnium, Team Pursuit
- Swasti Singh – Madison, Team Pursuit
- Meenakshi Rohilla – Team Pursuit
- Pooja Danole – Team Pursuit
- Sarita Kumari – Individual Sprint, Team Sprint
- Triyasha Paul – Individual Sprint, Team Sprint
- Celestina Chelobroy – Team Sprint
EQUESTRIAN
Dressage
- Shruti Vora (Magnanimous) – Individual, Team
- Gaurav Pundir (Milli) – Individual, Team
- Jai Sud (Goofy La Perla) – Team
- Hriday Chheda (Dono Di Maggio) – Team
Eventing
- Ahaan Kumar (Bolivar Gio Granno) – Individual, Team
- Ashish Limaye (Willy Be Dun) – Individual, Team
- Arjan Nagra (Cooley Goodwood) – Team
- Fouaad Mirza (Camouflage 38) – Team
ESPORTS
- Chinmay Sahoo – eFootball
- Danial Patel – eFootball
- Paritosh – Puyo Puyo Champions
- Ahmed Israr – League of Legends
- Rahul Bisht – League of Legends
- Sanindhya Malik – League of Legends
- Akshaj Shenoy – League of Legends
- Aakash Shandilya – League of Legends
- Mihir Ranjan – League of Legends
- Adnan Badshah – Pokémon UNITE
- Deepkumar Patel – Pokémon UNITE
- Dipjyoti Nath – Pokémon UNITE
- Reuben Fernandes – Pokémon UNITE
- Rudra Nayak – Pokémon UNITE
- Sai Krishna Nalluri – Pokémon UNITE
FENCING
Men
- Sachin – Individual & Team Foil
- Hemash Singh Sanasam – Individual & Team Foil
- Aditya Badser – Team Foil
- Tejas Patil – Team Foil
- Gishonidhi P Kumarasen – Individual & Team Sabre
- Karan Singh – Individual & Team Sabre
- Lakshya Badser – Team Sabre
- Vishal Thapar – Team Sabre
Women
- Bhavani Devi – Individual & Team Sabre
- Shreya Gupta – Individual & Team Sabre
- Jefarlin Jani S – Team Sabre
- Shruti Joshi – Team Sabre
- Tanishka Khatri – Individual & Team Épée
- Anupriya – Individual & Team Épée
- Mitva Chaudhari – Team Épée
- Yashkeerat Kaur Hayer – Team Épée
- Mina Devi Naorem – Individual & Team Foil
- Joys Ashita Stalinraj – Individual & Team Foil
- Kanupriya Chawla – Team Foil
- Sonia Devi Waikhom – Team Foil
FIELD HOCKEY
Men
- Harmanpreet Singh (capt)
- Mohith HS (gk)
- Suraj Karkera (gk)
- Jarmanpreet Singh
- Amit Rohidas
- Jugraj Singh
- Sanjay Rana
- Sumit Kumar
- Yashdeep Siwach
- Rajinder Singh
- Raj Kumar Pal
- Hardik Singh
- Manpreet Singh
- Nilakanta Sharma
- Vivek Sagar Prasad
- Dilpreet Singh
- Shilanand Lakra
- Sukhjeet Singh
- Mandeep Singh
- Abhishek Nain
Women
- Salima Tete (capt)
- Savita (gk)
- Bichu Devi Kharibam (gk)
- Ishika Chaudhary
- Sushila Chanu Pukhrambam
- Lalthantluangi
- Jyoti Singh
- Shilpi Dabas
- Nikki Pradhan
- Sakshi Rana
- Sunelita Toppo
- Neha Goyal
- Deepika Soreng
- Lalremsiami Hmarzote
- Rutuja Dadaso Pisal
- Navneet Kaur
- Deepika Sehrawat
- Ishika
- Baljeet Kaur
- Beauty Dungdung
GOLF
Men
- Veer Ahlawat – Individual & Team
- Yuvraj Sandhu – Individual & Team
- Saptak Talwar – Individual & Team
Women
- Aditi Ashok – Individual & Team
- Pranavi Urs – Individual & Team
- Diksha Dagar – Individual & Team
GYMNASTICS
- Pranati Nayak – All-Around & Vault
JUDO
Women
- Asmita Dey – 48 kg
- Yamini Mourya – 57 kg
- Inunganbi Takhellambam – 70 kg
KABADDI
Men
- Sunil Kumar (c)
- Pawan Kumar Sehrawat
- Ashu Malik
- Ankit Jaglan
- Devank Dalal
- Rahul Sethpal
- Sumit Sangwan
- Jaideep Dahiya
- Ayan Lohchab
- Arjun Deshwal
- Gaurav Khatri
- Aslam Inamdar
Women
- Pushpa Rana (c)
- Jyoti Thakur
- Nikita
- Pooja Hathwala
- Raj Rani
- Ritu Sheoran
- Bhavna Devi Thakur
- Sanju Devi
- Manisha Kumari
- Ritu Negi
- Pinki Roy
- Sonali Shinghate
KARATE
- Chetan Bhatt – Men’s Kumite 84 kg
- Alisha Choudhary – Women’s Kumite 55 kg
KURASH
Men
- Vipin Kumar – 66 kg
- Vishal – +90 kg
- Yash Chauhan – +90 kg
Women
- Bharti – 57 kg
- Sangita – 57 kg
- Pincky Balhara – 78 kg
MIXED MARTIAL ARTS
- Varun Sanyal – Men’s Traditional 77 kg
- Suchika Tariyal – Women’s Traditional 60 kg
ROWING
Sculling
- Balraj Panwar – Men’s Quadruple
- Jakar Khan – Men’s Quadruple
- Salman Khan – Men’s Quadruple
- Satnam Singh Ghurde – Men’s Quadruple
- Ajay Tyagi – Men’s Lightweight Double
- Ujjwal Kumar Singh – Men’s Lightweight Double
- Navdeep Singh – Men’s Double
- Kulwinder Singh – Men’s Double
- Arvind Singh – Men’s Single
Sweep Rowing
- Vipul Satish – Men’s Pair
- Saurav Kumar – Men’s Pair
- Jaswinder Singh – Men’s Four
- Babu Lal Yadav – Men’s Four
- Yogesh Kumar – Men’s Four
- Nitin Kumar – Men’s Four
- Poonam – Women’s Four
- Aleena Anto – Women’s Four
- Tendenthoi Devi Haobijam – Women’s Four
- Gurbani Kaur – Women’s Four
RUGBY SEVENS
Women
- Shikha Yadav (c)
- Amandeep Kaur
- Guriya Kumari
- Ujjwala Ghuge
- Parbati Hansdah
- Arti Kumari
- Dumuni Marandi
- Kalyani Patil
- Vaishnavi Patil
- Sandhya Rai
- Nirmalya Raut
- Bhumika Shukla
- Sandhyarani Tudu
SAILING
Men
- Vishnu Saravanan – Men’s ILCA 7
- Manu Francis – Men’s 49er (Team)
- Prince Noble – Men’s 49er (Team)
- Ravindra Sharma – Mixed 470 (Team)
Women
- Nethra Kumanan – Women’s ILCA 6
- Katya Coelho – Women’s IQ Foil
- Harshita Tomar – Women’s 49er Fx (Team)
- Shital Verma – Women’s 49er Fx (Team)
- Mahi Verma – Women’s ILCA 4
- Shraddha Verma – Mixed 470 (Team)
SEPAK TAKRAW
Men
- Arun Raju – Team Regu, Quadrant
- Jasvir Sukhbir Singh – Team Regu
- Ashish Chundawat – Team Regu
- Shyam Chundawat – Team Regu
- Lokhon Singh Elangbam – Team Regu, Quadrant
- Bobby Kumar – Team Regu, Quadrant
- Ashok Singh Mayengbam – Team Regu
- Ram Kumar Sharma – Team Regu
- Amarjit Singha – Team Regu, Quadrant
- Malemnganba Singh Sorokhaibam – Team Regu, Quadrant
- Henary Singh Wahengbam – Team Regu
- Akash Yumnam – Team Regu, Quadrant
Women
- Maipak Devi Ayekpam – Quadrant
- Priya Devi Elangbam – Quadrant
- Shilpa Elangbam – Quadrant
- Chaoba Devi Oinam – Quadrant
- Seyiekhrieno Tepa – Quadrant
- Malemnganbi Yumnam – Quadrant
- Leirentonbi Devi Elangbam – Doubles
- Prity Langoljam – Doubles
- Menenu Tsukru – Doubles
SHOOTING
Rifle
- Rudrankksh Patil – Men’s 10m Air Rifle, Men’s 50m Rifle Three Positions
- Parth Mane – Men’s 10m Air Rifle, Mixed 10m Air Rifle
- Himanshu Dhillon – Men’s 10m Air Rifle
- Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar – Men’s 50m Rifle Three Positions
- Niraj Kumar – Men’s 50m Rifle Three Positions
- Elavenil Valarivan – Women’s 10m Air Rifle, Mixed 10m Air Rifle
- Sonam Maskar – Women’s 10m Air Rifle
- Vidarsha Vinod – Women’s 10m Air Rifle, Women’s 50m Rifle Three Positions
- Tilottama Sen – Women’s 50m Rifle Three Positions
- Ashi Chouksey – Women’s 50m Rifle Three Positions
Pistol
- Anish Bhanwala – Men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol
- Kedarling Uchaganve – Men’s 10m Air Pistol, Mixed 10m Air Pistol
- Kamaljee – Men’s 10m Air Pistol
- Aakash Bharadwaj – Men’s 10m Air Pistol
- Manu Bhaker – Women’s 10m Air Pistol, Women’s 25m Pistol
- Esha Singh – Women’s 10m Air Pistol, Women’s 25m Pistol
- Suruchi Singh – Women’s 10m Air Pistol, Mixed 10m Air Pistol
- Rahi Sarnobat – Women’s 25m Pistol
Shotgun
- Kynan Chenai – Men’s Trap, Mixed Skeet
- Ahvar Rizvi – Men’s Trap
- Shapath Bharadwaj – Men’s Trap
- Anantjeet Singh Naruka – Men’s Skeet, Mixed Trap
- Bhavtegh Singh Gill – Men’s Skeet
- Mairaj Ahmad Khan – Men’s Skeet
- Manisha Keer – Women’s Trap
- Neeru Dhanda – Women’s Trap, Mixed Skeet
- Aashima Ahlawat – Women’s Trap
- Parinaaz Dhaliwal – Women’s Skeet
- Raiza Dhillon – Women’s Skeet
- Maheshwari Chauhan – Women’s Skeet, Mixed Trap
SOFT TENNIS
Men
- Jay Meena – Singles, Team
- Aryan Thakur – Singles, Team
- Aniket Chirag Patel – Mixed Doubles, Team
- Yogesh Choudhary – Team
- Om Yadav – Team
Women
- Aadhya Tiwari – Singles, Mixed Doubles
SPORT CLIMBING
- Deepu Mallesh – Men’s Speed
- Joga Purty – Women’s Speed
SQUASH
Men
- Abhay Singh – Singles, Team
- Veer Chotrani – Singles, Team
- Velavan Senthilkumar – Mixed Doubles, Team
- Suraj Chand Kumar – Mixed Doubles, Team
Women
- Anahat Singh – Singles, Team
- Joshna Chinappa – Mixed Doubles, Team
- Tanvi Khanna – Singles, Team
- Shameena Riaz – Mixed Doubles, Team
SURFING
- Kishore Kumar Anbarashu – Men’s Shortboard
- Sivaraj Babu – Men’s Shortboard
- Kamali Prakash – Women’s Shortboard
- Sugar Shanti Gayen – Women’s Shortboard
SWIMMING
Men
- Akash Mani – 50m Freestyle, 100m Freestyle, 4x100m Freestyle Relay, 4x100m Medley Relay, 4x200m Freestyle Relay
- Aneesh Gowda – 200m Freestyle, 400m Freestyle, 4x100m Freestyle Relay, 4x200m Freestyle Relay
- Aryan Nehra – 800m Freestyle, 1500m Freestyle
- Danush Suresh – 50m Breaststroke, 100m Breaststroke, 4x100m Medley Relay
- Dhakshan Shashikumar – 400m Freestyle, 4x200m Freestyle Relay
- Heer Gitesh Shah – 50m Freestyle, 4x100m Freestyle Relay
- Rishabh Das – 50m Backstroke, 100m Backstroke, 4x100m Medley Relay
- Rohit Benedicton – 50m Butterfly, 100m Butterfly, 100m Freestyle, 4x100m Freestyle Relay, 4x100m Medley Relay
- Sajan Prakash – 100m Butterfly, 200m Butterfly
- Srihari Nataraj – 50m Backstroke
- Utkarsh Santosh Patil – 100m Backstroke, 200m Backstroke
- Vedaant Madhavan – 200m Freestyle, 200m Backstroke, 4x200m Freestyle Relay
TABLE TENNIS
Men
- Manav Thakkar – Singles, Doubles, Team
- Manush Shah – Singles, Doubles, Team
- Sathiyan Gnanasekaran – Doubles, Team
- Harmeet Desai – Doubles, Mixed Doubles, Team
- Payas Jain – Mixed Doubles, Team
Women
- Sreeja Akula – Singles, Doubles, Team
- Yashaswini Ghorpade – Singles, Mixed Doubles, Team
- Sutirtha Mukherjee – Doubles, Team
- Diya Chitale – Doubles, Mixed Doubles, Team
- Syndrela Das – Doubles, Team
TAEKWONDO
- Rupa Bayor – Women’s Individual Poomsae
- Kashish Malik – Women’s 57 kg
- Jyoti Yadav – Women’s +67 kg
TENNIS
Men
- Sumit Nagal – Singles
- Yuki Bhambri – Doubles
- Dhakshineswar Suresh – Doubles
- Anirudh Chandrasekar – Doubles
- N. Sriram Balaji – Doubles
Women
- Ankita Raina – Doubles
- Rutuja Bhosale – Doubles
TEQBALL
- Mohamed Anas Imran Beg – Men’s Doubles, Mixed Doubles
- Declan Marshall Gonsalves – Men’s Doubles
- Quimcy Dsouza – Women’s Singles, Mixed Doubles
VOLLEYBALL
Men
- Amit Gulia (capt)
- Muthusamy Appavu
- Ashwal Rai
- Jerome Vinith Charles
- Chirag Yadav
- Hemanth Pulparambil
- Joel Benjamin Jebaraj
- John Joseph Eanthungal
- Shikhar Singh
- Muhammad Nihal Chatham Kulangara
- Om Vasant Lad
- Anand Kottarathil (L)
WEIGHTLIFTING
Women
- Mirabai Chanu – 49 kg
- Gyaneshwari Yadav – 53 kg
- Seram Nirupama Devi – 61 kg
- Harjinder Kaur – 69 kg
WRESTLING
Men’s Freestyle
- Aman Sehrawat – 57 kg
- Sujeet Kalkal – 65 kg
- Sagar Jaglan – 74 kg
- Deepak Punia – 97 kg
- Rajat Ruhal – 125 kg
Men’s Greco-Roman
- Sumit Dalal – 60 kg
- Aman Baroniya – 77 kg
- Sunil Kumar – 87 kg
- Nitesh Siwach – 97 kg
Women’s Freestyle
- Dipanshi – 50 kg
- Antim Panghal – 53 kg
- Manisha Bhanwala – 57 kg
- Mansi Ahlawat – 62 kg
- Nisha Dahiya – 68 kg
- Priya Malik – 76 kg
WUSHU
Men
- Aryan Sood – Sanda 56 kg
- Vikrant Baliyan – Sanda 75 kg
- Suraj Singh Mayanglambam – Taolu (Changquan)
Women
- Aparna Dahiya – Sanda 52 kg
- Naorem Roshibina Devi – Sanda 60 kg
- Nyeman Wangsu – Taolu (Changquan)
- Langlentombi Devi Hanjabam – Taolu (Nanquan & Nandao)
Indian Athletes’ Schedule At Asian Games 2026 (Subject To Change)
SEPTEMBER 19
2:30 p.m.: Opening Ceremony
SEPTEMBER 20
Medal Possibilities
11:00 a.m.: Shooting – Women’s 10m Air Rifle Final (qualifications begin at 6:15 a.m.), India will be represented by Elavenil Valarivan, Sonam Uttam Maskar, and Vidarsa K Vinod.
Outside Medal Chances
5:30 a.m.: Wushu – Suraj Singh Mayanglambam in Men’s Changquan Final
Other Events
5:30 a.m. onwards: Rowing – Men’s Single Sculls, Double Sculls Heat & QF, Men’s Pair and Women’s Four
6:00 a.m. or 11:30 a.m.: Badminton – Women’s Team Round of 16
7:30 a.m.: Hockey – Women’s team vs Uzbekistan
9:00 a.m.: Table Tennis – Women’s Team Group Stage
10:30 a.m.: Cricket – Women’s team in semifinal (TBD)
11:30 a.m.: Hockey – Men’s team vs Indonesia
3:30 p.m.: Table Tennis – Women’s Team Group Stage
SEPTEMBER 21
Medal Possibilities
9:00 a.m.: Shooting – Men’s 10m Air Rifle Final (qualifications begin at 6:15 a.m.), India will be represented by Parth Mane, Rudrankksh Patil and Himanshu Dhillon.
Outside Medal Chances
5:30 a.m.: Wushu – Nyeman Wangsu in Men’s Changquan Final
Other Events
5:30 a.m. onwards: Rowing – Men’s Single Sculls, Double Sculls, Four, Quadruple Sculls Heats
6:00 a.m. or 11:30 a.m.: Badminton – Men’s Team Round of 16
6:30 a.m.: Table Tennis – Women’s Team Group Stage
6:30 a.m.: Shooting – Men’s and Women’s Skeet Individual Qualification and Team Event – Day 1
8:00 a.m.: Kabaddi – Women’s team vs Japan
8:30 a.m. or 1:30 p.m.: Boxing – Men’s 70kg Round of 32
9:00 a.m.: Table Tennis – Men’s Team Group Stage
9:30 a.m.: Hockey – Women’s Team vs Indonesia
1:30 p.m.: Kabaddi – Men’s Team vs Japan
3:30 p.m.: Table Tennis – Men’s Team Group Stage
SEPTEMBER 22
Medal Events
8:25 a.m.: Shooting – 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Final (qualifications begin at 6:15 a.m.), India will be represented by Parth Mane and Elavenil Valarivan
6:30 a.m. onwards: Karate – Women’s Individual Kumite – 55kg. The event begins on this day, and will carry through to the medal rounds at the end of the day. India will be represented by Alisha Chaudhary.
11:30 a.m.: Cricket – The Women’s Team, if they qualify, will be in action in the final
Outside Medal Chances
6:30 a.m. onwards: Karate – Chetan Bhatt in Men’s Individual Kumite – 84kg
12:30 p.m.: Mixed Martial Arts – Suchika Tariyal in Women’s Traditional – 60kg Final
1:10 p.m.: Mixed Martial Arts – Varun Sanyal in Men’s Traditional – 77kg Final
Other Events
6:00 a.m.: Badminton – Women’s Team Quarterfinal
6:20 a.m.: Rowing – Men’s Lightweight Double Sculls, Quadruple Sculls Heats
6:30 a.m.: Table Tennis – Women’s Team Round of 16
6:30 a.m.: Shooting – Men’s and Women’s Skeet Individual Qualification and Team Event – Day 2
6:30 a.m. onwards: Fencing – Men’s Foil Individual, Group Stage to Medal Rounds
7:15 a.m.: Kabaddi – Men’s Team vs South Korea
7:30 a.m.: Wushu – Women’s Nanquan Final
8:15 a.m. onwards: Fencing – Women’s Epee Individual, Group Stage to Medal Rounds
8:30 a.m.: Artistic Gymnastics – Women’s Vault Qualification
8:30 a.m. onwards: Boxing – Women’s 51kg, Women’s 54kg Round of 32
9:00 a.m.: Table Tennis – Men’s Team Round of 16
11:30 a.m.: Badminton – Men’s Team Quarterfinal
12:20 p.m.: Wushu – Women’s Nandao Final
1:30 p.m.: Boxing – Men’s 55kg Round of 32
3:30 p.m.: Hockey – Men’s Team vs Sri Lanka
3:50 p.m.: Table Tennis – Men’s Team Quarterfinal
3:50 p.m.: Table Tennis – Women’s Team Quarterfinal
SEPTEMBER 23
Medal Events
9:00 a.m.: Shooting – Women’s 10m Air Pistol Final (qualifications begin from 6:15 a.m.), India will be represented by Manu Bhaker, Esha Singh, and Suruchi Phogat.
10:00 a.m.: Weightlifting – Mirabai Chanu in the women’s 49kg final
11:00 a.m.: Women’s Skeet Final, depending on three days of qualifications, where Maheshwari Chauhan could be in action
12:30 p.m.: Men’s Skeet Final, depending on three days of qualifications, where Anantjeet Singh Naruka could be in action
Outside Medal Chances
6:30 a.m. onwards: Rowing – Men’s Single Sculls, Double Sculls, Pair, and Women’s Four Finals
Other Events
6:00 a.m.: Badminton – Women’s Team Semifinal
6:30 a.m.: Table Tennis – Mixed Doubles Round of 32
6:30 a.m. onwards: Fencing – Women’s Foil Individual, Group Stage to Medal Rounds
8:15 a.m.: Fencing – Men’s Sabre Individual, Group Stage to Medal Rounds
8:30 a.m.: Kabaddi – Women’s Team vs Iran
8:30 a.m. or 1:30 p.m.: Boxing – Men’s 60kg and Men’s 80kg Round of 32
9:45 a.m.: Kabaddi – Men’s Team vs Bangladesh
10:15 a.m.: Table Tennis – Mixed Doubles Round of 16
11:15 a.m.: Squash – Women’s Singles Round of 32
11:30 a.m.: Hockey – Women’s Team vs Thailand
11:30 a.m.: Badminton – Men’s Team Semifinal
12:30 p.m.: eSports – eFootball Semifinals and Final
1:30 p.m.: Table Tennis – Men’s Team Semifinal
1:30 p.m.: Table Tennis – Women’s Team Semifinal
SEPTEMBER 24
Medal Events
6:00 a.m.: Badminton – Women’s Team Final, it’s a long shot for the Indians to get here, but what an occasion it would be if they can.
11:15 a.m.: Shooting – Skeet Mixed Team Final (Qualification starts at 6:30 a.m.), India will be represented by Maheshwari Chauhan and Anantjeet Singh Naruka
12:15 p.m.: Shooting – Men’s 10m Air Pistol Final (Qualification starts at 6:15 a.m.), India will be represented by Kedarling Uchaganve, Akash Bharadwaj, and Kamaljeet.
12:30 p.m.: Badminton – Men’s Team Final, the men were here last time, falling short to China at the final hurdle. They did win Thomas Cup bronze earlier this year too.
6:45 p.m.: Athletics – Mixed 4x400m Relay Final (Heats at 6:50 a.m.)
Outside Medal Chances
7:50 a.m.: Rowing – Men’s Quadruple Sculls Final
8:20 a.m.: Rowing – Men’s Four Final
4:14 p.m.: Athletics – Asha Ilango and Niharika Vashisht in Women’s Triple Jump Final
Other Events
6:30 a.m.: Athletics – Heptathlon begins
7:00 a.m.: Athletics – Men’s Triple Jump Qualifying
7:30 a.m.: Squash – Mixed Doubles Round of 16
8:15 a.m. onwards: Fencing – Women’s Sabre Individual, Group Stage to Medal Rounds
8:30 a.m. onwards: Boxing – Men’s 70kg, Women’s 51kg, Women’s 65kg Round of 16
9:45 a.m.: Kabaddi – Men’s Team vs Chinese Taipei
10:30 a.m.: Squash – Women’s Singles Round of 16
11:15 a.m.: Squash – Men’s Singles Round of 16
11:30 a.m.: Hockey – Men’s Team vs South Korea
1:30 p.m.: Table Tennis – Men’s Team Final
2:25 p.m.: Artistic Gymnastics – Women’s Vault Final
3:35 p.m.: Athletics – Men’s High Jump Qualifying
4:00 p.m.: Table Tennis – Women’s Team Final
4:15 p.m.: Kabaddi – Women’s Team vs Japan
4:38 p.m.: Athletics – Men’s 100m Heats
5:55 p.m.: Athletics – Women’s 10,000m Final
SEPTEMBER 25
Medal Events
8:30 a.m.: Shooting – 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Final (Qualification at 6:15 a.m.), Suruchi Phogat will partner Kedarling Uchaganve for Team India.
10:30 a.m.: Shooting – Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions Final (Qualification at 6:15 a.m.), India will be represented by Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Niraj Kumar and Rudrankksh Patil
3:35 p.m.: Athletics – Women’s Shot Put Final, India will be represented by Manpreet Kaur and Krishna Jayasankar Menon
5:02 p.m.: Athletics – Men’s 10,000m Final, where double Commonwealth Games silver medallist Gulveer Singh will be in action
Outside Medal Chances
6:00 a.m.: Equestrian – Dressage Team Final
10:30 a.m.: Sepaktakraw – Men’s Team Regu Medal Match
6:45 p.m.: Animesh Kujur and Gurindervir Singh in Men’s 100m Final
Other Events
6:00 a.m. onwards: Badminton – Men’s and Women’s Singles Round of 64, Mixed Doubles Round of 32
6:00 a.m. onwards: Fencing – Men’s Foil Team, Group Stages to Medal Rounds
6:30 a.m.: Athletics – Heptathlon continues
6:30 a.m.: Squash – Mixed Doubles Quarterfinal
6:30 a.m.: Table Tennis – Mixed Doubles Quarterfinal
7:00 a.m.: Athletics – Men’s 400m Heats
7:30 a.m.: Hockey – Women’s Team vs Japan
7:30 a.m.: Table Tennis – Men’s Doubles Round of 32
7:30 a.m. onwards: Fencing – Women’s Epee Team, Group Stages to Medal Rounds
8:30 a.m. onwards: Boxing – Men’s 60kg, Men’s +90kg, Women’s 54kg Round of 16
8:30 a.m.: Squash – Women’s Singes Quarterfinal
9:00 a.m.: Table Tennis – Women’s Singles Round of 32
9:30 a.m. or 2:30 p.m.: Kabaddi – Women’s Semifinal
10:30 a.m.: Table Tennis – Men’s Singles Round of 32
10:45 a.m. or 3:45 p.m.: Kabaddi – Men’s Semifinal
11:30 a.m.: Squash – Men’s Singles Quarterfinal
12:00 p.m.: Table Tennis – Women’s Doubles Round of 16
12:30 p.m. onwards: Badminton – Men’s and Women’s Doubles Round of 32, Mixed Doubles Round of 16
1:30 p.m.: Table Tennis – Men’s Doubles Round of 16
1:30 p.m.: Weightlifting – Women’s 61kg Final
3:00 p.m.: Table Tennis – Mixed Doubles Semifinal
4:03 p.m.: Athletics – Men’s 100m Semifinal
4:33 p.m.: Athletics – Women’s Pole Vault Final
5:10 p.m.: Athletics – Men’s Hammer Throw Final
5:45 p.m.: Athletics – Women’s 400m Heats
6:13 p.m.: Athletics – Men’s 400m Semifinals
SEPTEMBER 26
Medal Events
9:30 a.m.: Shooting – Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions Final, with Ashi Chouksey, Tilottama Sen and Vidarsa K Vinod in action (Qualification at 6:15 a.m.)
9:30 a.m.: Kabaddi – Women’s Final
2:30 p.m.: Kabaddi – Men’s Final
4:30 p.m.: Athletics – Men’s Shot Put Final, where two-time defending champion Tajinderpal Singh Toor will be in action.
5:05 p.m.: Athletics – Men’s Triple Jump Final, where Commonwealth Games silver-medallist Praveen Chithravel will be in action.
Outside Medal Chances
6:33 p.m.: Athletics – Vishal TK and Rajesh Ramesh in Men’s 400m Final
Other Events
4:00 a.m.: Athletics – Men’s Marathon
4:30 a.m.: Archery – Men’s Recurve and Women’s Compound Qualification
4:30 a.m.: Archery – Women’s Compound Qualification
5:35 a.m.: Athletics – Decathlon begins
6:00 a.m. onwards: Badminton – Men’s and Women’s Singles Round of 32
6:00 a.m.: Fencing – Women’s Foil Team, Group Stage to Medal Rounds
6:30 a.m.: Table Tennis – Women’s Singles Round of 16
7:00 a.m.: Fencing – Men’s Sabre Team, Group Stage to Medal Rounds
7:35 a.m.: Athletics – Men’s Javelin Throw Qualification
8:00 a.m.: Table Tennis – Men’s Singles Round of 16
8:00 a.m.: Athletics – Women’s 200m Heats
8:30 a.m.: Squash – Mixed Doubles Semifinals
8:30 a.m. onwards: Boxing – Men’s 55kg and Men’s 90kg, Women’s 60kg Round of 16
8:45 a.m.: Athletics – Men’s 200m Heats
8:50 a.m.: Athletics – Women’s Long Jump Qualification
9:00 a.m.: Archery – Women’s Recurve and Men’s Compound Qualification
10:30 a.m.: Squash – Women’s Singles Semifinals
11:15 a.m.: Squash – Men’s Singles Semifinals
12:00 p.m.: Table Tennis – Men’s Doubles Quarterfinals
12:30 p.m.: Badminton – Men’s and Women’s Singles, Men’s and Women’s Doubles Round of 16
12:45 p.m.: Table Tennis – Women’s Singles Quarterfinals
1:30 p.m.: Table Tennis – Men’s Singles Quarterfinals
1:30 p.m.: Hockey – Men’s Team vs Japan
2:15 p.m.: Table Tennis – Women’s Doubles Quarterfinals
4:04 p.m.: Athletics – Women’s 100m Hurdles Heats
4:25 p.m.: Athletics – Women’s 200m Semifinal
4:46 p.m.: Athletics – Men’s 200m Semifinal
5:21 p.m.: Athletics – Men’s 1500m Heats
6:15 p.m.: Athletics – Women’s 400m Final
6:45 p.m.: Athletics – Women’s 1500m Final
SEPTEMBER 27
Medal Events
8:30 a.m. onwards: Squash – Men’s and Women’s Singles medal matches, Mixed Doubles medal matches
10:45 a.m.: Shooting – Women’s 25m Pistol Final, where the likes of Esha Singh and Manu Bhaker will compete
3:40 p.m.: Athletics – Women’s Long Jump Final, watch out for Ancy Sojan and Shaili Singh
4:45 p.m.: Athletics – Men’s High Jump Final, where Asia’s best high-jumper of 2026 Sarvesh Kushare is looking for a first Asiad gold
4:53 p.m.: Athletics – Women’s 100m Hurdles Final, with Jyothi Yarraji in action
5:40 p.m.: Athletics – The last event of the decathlon, where Tejaswin Shankar is a big contender for a medal, maybe even gold
5:52 p.m.: Athletics – Women’s 3000m Steeplechase, Parul Chaudhary will be in action
Outside Medal Chances
4:05 p.m.: Harita Bhadra in Women’s 200m Final
Other Events
4:30 a.m. onwards: Archery – All Team Events Round of 16 and Quarterfinals
6:00 a.m. onwards: Badminton – All Quarterfinals
8:20 a.m. onwards: Fencing – Women’s Sabre Team, Group Stage to Medal Rounds
8:30 a.m. onwards: Boxing – Men’s 60kg, 80kg, +90kg, and Women’s 54kg, 65kg Quarterfinals
10:00 a.m.: Weightlifting – Women’s 69kg Final
12:30 p.m.: Volleyball – Men’s Team vs Vietnam
2:30 p.m.: eSports – Pokemon UNITE Final
3:30 p.m.: Hockey – Women’s Team vs Singapore
3:35 p.m.: Athletics – Decathlon continues
4:15 p.m.: Athletics – Men’s 200m Final
SEPTEMBER 28
Medal Events
2:45 p.m.: Athletics – Women’s Discus Throw, where Commonwealth Games medalist Seema Kaliramna will look for her first Asiad medal
4:25 p.m.: Athletics – Men’s Long Jump Final, with Sreeshankar Murali in action
4:55 p.m.: Athletics – Men’s Javelin Throw Final, which will be India’s first Asiad final in 12 years without Neeraj Chopra
Outside Medal Chances
4:12 p.m.: Athletics – Avinash Sable in Men’s 3000m Steeplechase
Other Events
4:30 a.m. onwards: Archery – Men’s and Women’s Compound Individual, until Round of 16
6:00 a.m. onwards: Badminton – All semifinals
6:30 a.m.: Volleyball – Men’s Team vs Hong Kong
8:30 a.m. onwards: Men’s 55kg, 70kg, 90kg, Women’s 51kg, 60kg, 75kg Quarterfinals
10:00 a.m.: Cricket – Men’s Team in Quarterfinal
3:30 p.m.: Hockey – Men’s Team vs Bangladesh
3:53 p.m.: Athletics – Women’s 400m Hurdles Final
4:03 p.m.: Athletics – Men’s 400m Hurdles Final
4:35 p.m.: Athletics – Men’s 1500m Final
SEPTEMBER 29
Medal Events
7:30 a.m. onwards: Badminton – All Finals
3:48 p.m.: Athletics – Women’s High Jump Final, where India’s Pooja Singh will compete. She has the best jump by an Asian athlete in 2026.
4:45 p.m.: Athletics – Men’s 5000m Final, which is Gulveer Singh territory
Outside Medal Chances
7:00 a.m.: Sepaktakraw – Men’s Regu Medal Matches
Other Events
4:30 a.m. onwards: Archery – Men’s and Women’s Recurve Individual, until Round of 16
9:30 a.m. onwards: Boxing – Men’s 60kg, 80kg, +90kg, and Women’s 54kg, 65kg Semifinals
10:30 a.m.: Shooting – Women’s Trap Final
12:00 p.m.: Shooting – Men’s Trap Final
12:30 p.m.: Volleyball – Men’s Team vs Qatar
2:45 p.m.: Athletics – Men’s Pole Vault Final
4:20 p.m.: Athletics – Women’s 800m Final
4:35 p.m.: Athletics – Men’s 800m Final
SEPTEMBER 30
Medal Events
5:30 a.m. onwards: Archery – Compound Team Events Semifinals and Finals – India swept every single compound archery medal on offer in Hangzhou, remember.
7:30 a.m. onwards: Wrestling – Men’s Greco-Roman 67kg, 87kg, 130kg, Women’s 68kg, all rounds
Other Events
3:00 a.m.: Golf – Men’s and Women’s Individual Round 1
6:30 a.m.: Squash – Women’s Team Quarterfinals
7:30 a.m. onwards: Judo – Women’s 48kg, elimination rounds to medal rounds
8:30 a.m.: Squash – Men’s Team Quarterfinals
9:30 a.m. onwards: Men’s 55kg, 70kg, 90kg, Women’s 51kg, 60kg, 75kg Semifinals
1:00 p.m. or 3:30 p.m.: Hockey – Women’s Semifinal
OCTOBER 1
Medal Events
5:30 a.m. onwards: Archery – Compound Individual Events Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Finals
7:30 a.m. onwards: Wrestling – Men’s Greco-Roman 60kg, 77kg, 97kg, Women’s 62kg, all rounds
12:00 p.m.: Shooting – Men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Final, Anish Bhanwala
Other Events
3:00 a.m.: Golf – Men’s and Women’s Individual Round 2
7:00 a.m.: Squash – Women’s Team Semifinal
7:30 a.m. onwards: Judo – Women’s 57kg and 70kg, elimination rounds to medal rounds
9:00 a.m.: Squash – Men’s Team Semifinal
10:00 a.m.: Cricket – Men’s Team in Semifinal
11:00 a.m.: Volleyball – Men’s Quarterfinal
1:00 p.m. or 3:30 p.m.: Hockey – Men’s Semifinal
OCTOBER 2
Medal Events
5:30 a.m. onwards: Archery – Recurve Team Events Semifinals and Finals
7:30 a.m. onwards: Wrestling – Men’s Freestyle 65kg, 86kg, 125kg, Women’s 50kg, 76kg, all rounds
9:30 a.m. onwards: Boxing – Finals in all weight categories
10:00 a.m.: Squash – Women’s Team Final
12:00 p.m.: Squash – Men’s Team Final
3:30 p.m.: Hockey – Women’s Final
Other Events
3:00 a.m.: Golf – Men’s and Women’s Individual Round 3
6:30 a.m.: Tennis – Men’s Doubles Final
11:00 a.m.: Volleyball – Men’s Semifinal
OCTOBER 3
Medal Events
5:30 a.m. onwards: Archery – Recurve Individual Events Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Finals
7:30 a.m. onwards: Wrestling – Men’s Freestyle 57kg, 74kg, 97kg, Women’s 53kg, 57kg, all rounds
3:30 p.m.: Hockey – Men’s Final
Other Events
3:00 a.m.: Golf – Men’s and Women’s Individual Round 4
6:30 a.m. onwards: Volleyball – Medal and Classification Matches
6:30 a.m. onwards: Tennis – All Finals