The focus shifts back to cricket, Wushu, and shooting. The Indian women’s cricket team will take on Sri Lanka in the gold-medal match, while Wushu players Roshibina Devi (women’s 60kg) and Aryan (men’s 54kg) are one win away from assuring a medal each in their respective events. In shooting, the Air Rifle Mixed Team event will enter the qualification round, with the final later in the day, subject to qualification. India will also compete for medals in fencing and karate.
India’s Schedule At Asian Games, 22nd September 2026 : India will look to add to its medal tally on Day 3 of the Asian Games 2026, with six medals currently in the bag.
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06:00 AM – Women’s Team Quarter-final vs Japan (PV Sindhu, Unnati Hooda, Devika Sihag, Tanvi Sharma, etc.) 11:30 AM – Men’s Team Quarter-final vs Japan (Lakshya Sen, HS Prannoy, Ayush Shetty, Kidambi Srikanth, Satwik-Chirag) Cricket 10:30 AM – Women’s Final vs Sri Lanka Wushu 06:29 AM – Hanjabam Langlentombi Devi – Women’s Nanquan & Nandao Final 02:30 PM onwards – Roshibina Devi – Women’s Sanda 60kg Quarter-final 02:30 PM onwards – Aryan – Men’s Sanda 56kg Quarter-final Hockey 07:35 AM – Chetan Bhatt (-84kg) Semi-final 07:50 AM – Bronze Medal Bout (if required) 09:20 AM – Alisha (-55kg) Round of 16 09:40 AM – Quarter-final (if qualified) 09:55 AM – Semi-final (if qualified) 10:15 AM – Repechage (if required) 10:35 AM – Bronze Medal Bout (if required) 12:50 PM – Final (if qualified) Swimming 07:29 AM – Aryan Nehra – Men’s 1500m Final B 08:05 AM – Men’s 4x100m – Medley Relay Heat 02:55 PM – Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay Final (subject to qualification) Fencing 06:30 AM onwards – Men’s Foil Individual Pool Bouts – Sanasam Hemash Singh 08:15 AM onwards – Women’s Epee Individual Pool Bouts – Mitva Chaudhari, Taniksha Khatri Knockout rounds begin from 10:00 AM onwards, with medal bouts scheduled around 3:10 PM-3:30 PM (subject to qualification). Esports (eFootball) 05:30 AM – India vs Uzbekistan – Group F Match 1 02:00 PM – India vs Mongolia – Group F Match 3 Soft Tennis 05:30 AM – Aadhya Tiwari vs Alisha Ziegler (Thailand) – Women’s Singles 07:00 AM – Jay Meena vs Hussain Arain (Pakistan) – Men’s Singles 09:30 AM – Aryan Thakur vs Bold-Erdene Altangerel (Mongolia) – Men’s Singles 10:30 AM – Aadhya Tiwari vs Kainaat Shallwani (Pakistan) – Women’s Singles 12:00 PM – Aryan Thakur vs Po-Yi Chen (Chinese Taipei) – Men’s Singles Equestrian
India’s Schedule At Asian Games, 22nd September 2026: Indian Women’s Cricket Team Chases Gold, Wushu Players In Focus
03:30 PM – Men’s Team vs Sri Lanka – Pool A Match Kabaddi 07:15 AM – Men’s Team vs South Korea – Group A Match 06:30 AM – Women’s Team Round of 16 vs Thailand 09:00 AM onwards – Men’s Team Round of 16 (Opponent TBC) Shooting 06:15 AM – 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Qualification (Parth Mane / Elavenil Valarivan) 06:30 AM – Skeet Men’s & Women’s Qualification (Day 2) (Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Bhavtegh Singh Gill, Mairaj Ahmad Khan, Parinaaz Dhaliwal, Raiza Dhillon, Maheshwari Chauhan) 08:25 AM – Air Rifle Mixed Team Final (Subject to qualification) Boxing 08:30 AM onwards – Sakshi vs Aira Villegas (Philippines) – Women’s 51kg Round of 32 01:30 PM onwards – Jadumani Singh Mandengbam vs Thapa Chandra Bahadur (Nepal) – Men’s 55kg Round of 32 Karate 05:45 AM – Eventing Team & Individual (Dressage) Day 1 – Ashish Limaye, Fouaad Mirza, Arjan Nagra 12:00 PM – Eventing Team & Individual (Show Jumping) Day 1 Artistic Gymnastics 10:30 AM – Pranati Nayak – Women’s Vault Qualification
Himanshu Dhillon won silver in the men’s 10m air rifle individual event, while Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil took bronze after the Indian trio of Dhillon, Patil and Parth Rakesh Mane had earlier claimed the team silver. Suchika Tariyal also created history by winning India’s first Asian Games medal in mixed martial arts, taking bronze in the women’s traditional 60kg category. Table Tennis Earlier reporting noted: India schedule at Asian Games 2026 Day 4: Women chase cricket gold, PV Sindhu faces Japan on September 22 India will enter September 22 at the 2026 Asian Games with perhaps their clearest opportunity yet to secure a first gold medal, as the women’s cricket team faces Sri Lanka in the final on a day crowded with medal events across shooting, wushu, karate, equestrian, fencing and swimming. The women’s cricket team will meet Sri Lanka in the final at 10:30 am IST, having already guaranteed themselves at least a silver. The match is among the most significant fixtures of India’s day and arrives amid a programme that begins five hours earlier and continues until the men’s hockey team faces Sri Lanka at 3:30 pm.
Earlier reporting noted: India’s medal tally stood at six after Monday’s action, with shooting continuing to provide the bulk of the returns. Earlier reporting noted: Tuesday, however, offers the possibility of converting India’s steady accumulation of medals into gold.
