India will expect a strong haul of medals on Thursday (October 1) as they aim to climb up the table in the final days of the 2026 Asian Games, which are currently taking place in Aichi-Nagoya. It will be a busy day for Indian sportsmen, who have won 57 medals (10 golds) in the competition and are 8th in the standings.
The focus will be on the Men’s cricket team, who will finally play a match in the tournament for the first time as they face Sri Lanka in the semi-final. The Shreyas Iyer-led team’s quarter-final against Afghanistan was washed out due to rain, but they qualified due to higher rankings.
Meanwhile, there are two huge blockbuster India-Pakistan clashes as the Men’s Hockey and Men’s Volleyball teams face off against the arch-rivals in the semi-final and quarter-final, respectively. Meanwhile, both the Men’s and Women’s squash teams will play their semi-final and eye a spot in the final.
India Schedule In Asian Games 2026 On October 1 (Thursday)
Golf – Women’s Team, Round 2: Aditi Ashok, Diksha Dagar, Pranavi Sharath Urs — 3:00 AM IST onwards
Golf – Women’s Individual Stroke Play, Round 2: Pranavi Sharath Urs — 3:44 AM IST
Golf – Women’s Individual Stroke Play, Round 2: Diksha Dagar — 3:55 AM IST
Golf – Women’s Individual Stroke Play, Round 2: Aditi Ashok — 4:06 AM IST
Archery – Compound Women’s Individual, Quarterfinal: Taniparthi Chikitha vs Nurisa Dian Ashrifah (Indonesia) — 5:30 AM IST
Taekwondo – Women’s Individual Poomsae, Semifinal: Rupa Bayor — 5:30 AM IST
Sepaktakraw – Men’s Quadrant, Preliminary Group A: India vs Vietnam — 5:30 AM IST
Shooting – Men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol, Qualification Stage 2: Anish — 6:10 AM IST
Cycling Track – Men’s Omnium, Scratch Race 1/4: Harshveer Singh Sekhon — 6:30 AM IST
Tennis – Men’s Singles, Quarterfinal: Sumit Nagal vs Yibing Wu (China) — 6:30 AM IST
Tennis – Mixed Doubles, Quarterfinal: Yuki Bhambri & Rutuja Bhosale — 6:30 AM IST (subject to qualification)
Volleyball – Men’s Team, Quarterfinal: India vs Pakistan — 6:30 AM IST
Sailing – Men’s Dinghy/ILCA 7, Qualification Series Races 6, 7, 8 & 9: Vishnu Sarvanan — 6:30 AM IST onwards
Sailing – Men’s Skiff/49er, Races 6, 7, 8 & 9: Prince Noble & Manu Francis — 6:30 AM IST onwards
Sailing – Women’s Skiff/49er FX, Races 6, 7, 8 & 9: Harshita Tomar & Shital Verma — 6:35 AM IST onwards
Archery – Compound Women’s Individual, Semifinal: Taniparthi Chikitha — 6:38 AM IST (subject to qualification)
Sailing – Women’s Dinghy/ILCA 6, Qualification Series Races 6, 7, 8 & 9: Nethra Kumanan — 6:40 AM IST onwards
Cycling Track – Women’s Sprint, Qualification: Keerthi Rangaswamy Chikka — 7:00 AM IST
Cycling Track – Women’s Sprint, Qualification: Celestina — 7:00 AM IST
Squash – Women’s Team, Semifinal: India vs Hong Kong — 7:00 AM IST — Medal Event
Golf – Men’s Team, Round 2: Yuvraj Sandhu, Veer Ahlawat, Saptak Talwar — 7:10 AM IST onwards
Archery – Compound Women’s Individual, Bronze Medal Match: Taniparthi Chikitha — 7:14 AM IST (subject to qualification) — Medal Event
Wrestling – 77kg Greco-Roman, Qualification Round: Aman vs Borgil Tuvshinbaatar (Mongolia) — 7:22 AM IST
Wrestling – 62kg Women’s, Qualification Round: Mansi vs Irina Kuznetsova (Kazakhstan) — 7:30 AM IST
Judo – Women’s 57kg, Elimination Round of 16: Yamini Mourya vs Fatena Bu-Qahoss (Qatar) — 7:30 AM IST
Judo – Women’s 57kg, Quarterfinal: Yamini Mourya — 7:30 AM IST (subject to qualification)
Judo – Women’s 57kg, Repechage: Yamini Mourya — 7:30 AM IST (subject to qualification)
Judo – Women’s 57kg, Semifinal: Yamini Mourya — 7:30 AM IST (subject to qualification)
Judo – Women’s 70kg, Elimination Round of 16: Ininganbi Thakellambam vs Shrestha Puran (Nepal) — 7:30 AM IST
Judo – Women’s 70kg, Quarterfinal: Ininganbi Thakellambam — 7:30 AM IST (subject to qualification)
Judo – Women’s 70kg, Repechage: Ininganbi Thakellambam — 7:30 AM IST (subject to qualification)
Judo – Women’s 70kg, Semifinal: Ininganbi Thakellambam — 7:30 AM IST (subject to qualification)
Sailing – Mixed Dinghy/470, Opening Series Races 6, 7 & 8: Shraddha Verma & Ravindra Kumar — 7:30 AM IST onwards
Archery – Compound Women’s Individual, Gold Medal Match: Taniparthi Chikitha — 7:31 AM IST (subject to qualification) — Medal Event
Cycling Track – Women’s Sprint, 1/16 Finals: Keerthi Rangaswamy Chikka — 7:32 AM IST (subject to qualification)
Cycling Track – Women’s Sprint, 1/16 Finals: Celestina — 7:32 AM IST (subject to qualification)
Canoe Slalom – Women’s Kayak Single, Semifinal: Shikha Chouhan — 7:36 AM IST
Wrestling – 60kg Greco-Roman, Quarterfinal: Sumit — 7:55 AM IST (subject to qualification)
Cycling Track – Men’s Omnium, Tempo Race 2/4: Harshveer Singh Sekhon — 7:56 AM IST
Wrestling – 77kg Greco-Roman, Quarterfinal: Aman — 8:04 AM IST (subject to qualification)
Golf – Men’s Individual Stroke Play, Round 2: Veer Ahlawat — 8:10 AM IST
Wrestling – 62kg Women’s, Quarterfinal: Mansi vs Subeen Jo (Republic of Korea) — 8:12 AM IST (subject to qualification)
Wrestling – 97kg Greco-Roman, Qualification Round: Nitesh vs Amanberdi Agamammedov (Turkmenistan) — 8:19 AM IST
Golf – Men’s Individual Stroke Play, Round 2: Saptak Talwar — 8:21 AM IST
Wrestling – 60kg Greco-Roman, Semifinal: Sumit — 8:29 AM IST (subject to qualification)
Golf – Men’s Individual Stroke Play, Round 2: Yuvraj Sandhu — 8:32 AM IST
Wrestling – 77kg Greco-Roman, Semifinal: Aman — 8:42 AM IST (subject to qualification)
Wrestling – 97kg Greco-Roman, Semifinal: Nitesh — 8:44 AM IST (subject to qualification)
Rugby Sevens – Women’s Team, Pool E, Match 1: India vs Hong Kong, China — 8:50 AM IST
Wrestling – 62kg Women’s, Semifinal: Mansi — 8:50 AM IST (subject to qualification)
Wrestling – 97kg Greco-Roman, Repechage: Nitesh — 8:57 AM IST (if loses to a finalist)
Wrestling – 77kg Greco-Roman, Repechage: Aman — 9:02 AM IST (if loses to a finalist)
Wrestling – 62kg Women’s, Repechage: Mansi — 9:10 AM IST (if loses to a finalist)
Wrestling – 60kg Greco-Roman, Repechage: Sumit — 9:16 AM IST (if loses to a finalist)
Sailing – Women’s Windsurfing/IQFOIL, Races 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5: Katya Coelho — 9:35 AM IST onwards
Sailing – Girls’ Dinghy/ILCA 4, Opening Series Races 4, 5, 6 & 7: Mahi Verma — 9:40 AM IST onwards
Archery – Compound Men’s Individual, Quarterfinal: Thirumuru Ganesh & Maniratnam vs Chieh-lun Chen (Chinese Taipei) — 9:47 AM IST
Cricket – Men’s Team, Semifinal 2: India vs Sri Lanka — 10:00 AM IST
Canoe Slalom – Women’s Kayak Single, Final: Shikha Chouhan — 10:30 AM IST (subject to qualification)
Sepaktakraw – Men’s Quadrant, Preliminary Group A: India vs Myanmar — 10:30 AM IST
Archery – Compound Men’s Individual, Semifinal: Thirumuru Ganesh & Maniratnam — 10:55 AM IST (subject to qualification)
Archery – Compound Men’s Individual, Gold Medal Match: Thirumuru Ganesh & Maniratnam — 11:31 AM IST (subject to qualification) — Medal Event
Cycling Track – Women’s Sprint, 1/16 Finals Repechages: Keerthi Rangaswamy Chikka — 11:39 AM IST
Cycling Track – Women’s Sprint, 1/16 Finals Repechages: Celestina — 11:39 AM IST
Archery – Compound Men’s Individual, Bronze Medal Match: Thirumuru Ganesh & Maniratnam — 11:55 AM IST (subject to qualification) — Medal Event
Cycling Track – Men’s Omnium, Elimination Race 3/4: Harshveer Singh Sekhon — 11:57 AM IST
Taekwondo – Women’s Individual Poomsae, Gold Medal Contest: Rupa Bayor — 12:00 PM IST (subject to qualification) — Medal Event
Shooting – Men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol, Final: Anish — 12:00 PM IST (subject to qualification) — Medal Event
Cycling Track – Women’s Madison, Final: Harshita Jakhar — 12:18 PM IST
Cycling Track – Women’s Madison, Final: Swasti Singh — 12:18 PM IST
Squash – Men’s Team, Semifinal: India vs Malaysia — 1:00 PM IST
Hockey – Men’s Team, Semifinal: India vs Pakistan — 1:00 PM IST
Cycling Track – Women’s Sprint, 1/8 Finals: Keerthi Rangaswamy Chikka — 1:09 PM IST (subject to qualification)
Cycling Track – Women’s Sprint, 1/8 Finals: Celestina — 1:09 PM IST (subject to qualification)
Judo – Women’s 57kg, Bronze Medal Match: Yamini Mourya — 1:30 PM IST (subject to qualification) — Medal Event
Judo – Women’s 57kg, Finals: Yamini Mourya — 1:30 PM IST (subject to qualification) — Medal Event
Judo – Women’s 70kg, Bronze Medal Match: Ininganbi Thakellambam — 1:30 PM IST (subject to qualification) — Medal Event
Judo – Women’s 70kg, Finals: Ininganbi Thakellambam — 1:30 PM IST (subject to qualification) — Medal Event
Cycling Track – Men’s Omnium, Points Race 4/4: Harshveer Singh Sekhon — 1:33 PM IST
Cycling Track – Women’s Sprint, 1/8 Finals Repechages: Keerthi Rangaswamy Chikka — 2:18 PM IST (subject to qualification)
Cycling Track – Women’s Sprint, 1/8 Finals Repechages: Celestina — 2:18 PM IST (subject to qualification)
Wrestling – 60kg Greco-Roman, Bronze Medal Match: Sumit — 2:30 PM IST (subject to qualification) — Medal Event
Wrestling – 60kg Greco-Roman, Gold Medal Match: Sumit — 2:30 PM IST (subject to qualification) — Medal Event
Wrestling – 77kg Greco-Roman, Bronze Medal Match: Aman — 2:30 PM IST (subject to qualification) — Medal Event
Wrestling – 77kg Greco-Roman, Gold Medal Match: Aman — 2:30 PM IST (subject to qualification) — Medal Event
Wrestling – 97kg Greco-Roman, Bronze Medal Match: Nitesh — 2:30 PM IST (subject to qualification) — Medal Event
Wrestling – 97kg Greco-Roman, Gold Medal Match: Nitesh — 2:30 PM IST (subject to qualification) — Medal Event
Wrestling – 62kg Women’s, Bronze Medal Match: Mansi — 2:30 PM IST (subject to qualification) — Medal Event
Wrestling – 62kg Women’s, Gold Medal Match: Mansi — 2:30 PM IST (subject to qualification) — Medal Event
Rugby Sevens – Women’s Team, Pool E, Match 4: India vs China — 3:30 PM IST
Sports Climbing – Men’s Speed, Quarterfinal, Heat 4: Deepu Mallesh — 4:42 PM IST
Sports Climbing – Men’s Speed, Semifinal: Deepu Mallesh — 4:49 PM IST (subject to qualification)
Sports Climbing – Men’s Speed, Final: Deepu Mallesh — 4:58 PM IST (subject to qualification)