Asian Games 2023 Day 6, September 29, Highlights: Four medals each for Aishwary Tomar, Esha Singh; Kiran Baliyan wins first athletics medal

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Asian Games 2023 is turning out to be a pleasant outing for the Indian contingent. The athletes are delivering impressive performances across disciplines at the multi-sport event taking place in Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China. 

Thursday was a successful day for the Indian contingent that saw them pick more medals in various disciplines. At the end of day 5 in Asian Games 2023, India's overall tally stood at 25 total medals (six golds, eight silvers and 11 bronze medals). Looking at the schedule for the Indian athletes on 29 September, one can expect more medals to be added to the tally. Nikhat Zareen in boxing, PV Sindhu in badminton and plenty more Indians can ensure medals as they advance further in their respective disciplines.

Here is a look at the complete Indian schedule for 29 September at the Asian Games 2023:

Basketball 3x3

5:20 PM: India vs. China (Men's Round Robin Pool C)

Athletics

4:30 AM: Sandeep Kumar, Vikash Singh (Men’s 20km race walk final)

4:40 AM: Priyanka Goswami (Women’s 20km race walk final)

4:30 PM Onwards: Aishwarya Kailash Mishra, Himanshi Malik (Women’s 400m Round 1)

4:40 PM: Tanya Chaudhary, Rachna Kumari (Women’s hammer throw final)

4:55 PM Onwards: Muhammed Anas Yahiya, Muhammed Ajmal (Men’s 400m Round 1)

6:15 PM: Kiran Baliyan, Manpreet Kaur (Women's Shot Put Final)

Badminton

6:30 AM Onwards: India vs. Thailand (Women's Team Quarter-final)

2:30 PM Onwards: India vs. Nepal (Men's Team Quarter-finals)

Basketball

5:30 PM: India vs. Mongolia (Women's Preliminary Round Group A)

Boxing

12:00 PM: Parveen (IND) vs. Xu Zichun (CHN) (Women’s 57kg round of 16)

1:45 PM: Lakshya Chahar (IND) vs. Bekzhigit Uulu Omurbek (KGZ) (Men’s 80kg round of 16)

4:45 PM: Nikhat Zareen (IND) vs. Nassar Hanan (JOR) (Women’s 50kg quarter-finals)

Bridge

6:30 AM Onwards: Indian Team (Men's, women’s and mixed team round robin 1 )

Chess

12:30 PM Onwards: Gukesh D, Vidit Gujrathi, Arjun Erigaisi, Pentala Harikrishna, Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa (Men's Team Round 1)

12:30 PM Onwards: Koneru Humpy, Harika Dronavalli, Vaishali Rameshbabu, Vantika Agrawal, Savitha Shri B (Women’s team round 1)

Cycling (Track)

7:30 AM Onwards: Niraj Kumar, Harshveer Singh Sekhon (Medal event: Men’s madison)

7:30 AM Onwards: David Beckham, Esow Alben (Medal event: Men’s keirin)

Esports

11:30 AM: India vs. Kyrgyzstan (Dota 2 Group A match)

12:30 PM: India vs. Philippines (Dota 2 Group A match)

Golf

4:00 AM Onwards: Anirban Lahiri, Shubhankar Sharma, SSP Chawrasia, Khalin Joshi (Men’s individual and team round 2)

4:00 AM Onwards: Aditi Ashok, Avani Prashanth, Pranavi Urs) (Women’s individual and team round 2)

Handball

3:30 PM: India vs. China (Women's preliminary round Group B)

Hockey

4:00 PM: India vs. Malaysia (Preliminary women's Pool A)

Shooting

6:30 AM Onwards: Divya TS, Palak, Esha Singh (Medal event: 10m air pistol women’s qualification round, team medals and individual final)

6:30 AM Onwards: Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Swapnil Kusale, Akhil Sheoran (Medal event: Men’s 50m rifle 3 positions qualification, team medals and final)

Squash

8:30 AM Onwards: Team India (Women's Team Semis)

1:30 PM Onwards: Team India (Men's Team Semis)

Swimming

7:30 AM Onwards:

Nina Venkatesh (Women’s 50m butterfly heats and final)

Vritti Agarwal (Women’s 800m freestyle slow and fast heats)

Srihari Nataraj, Advait Page (Women’s 200m backstroke heats and final)

Aryan Nehra, Kushagra Rawat (Men’s 400m freestyle heats and final)

Aneesh Gowda, Sajan Prakash (Men’s 200m butterfly heats and final)

Team India (Men’s 4×100m medley relay heats and final)

Table Tennis

7:30 AM Onwards: Manush Shah/Manav Thakkar and G Sathiyan/Sharath Kamal (Men’s doubles round of 16)

7:30 AM Onwards: G Sathiyan/Manika Batra and Harmeet Desai/Sreeja Akula (Mixed doubles round of 16 )

7:30 AM Onwards: Manika Batra (Women’s singles round of 16)

1:30 PM Onwards: Sreeja Akula/Diya Chitale and Sutirtha/Ayhika Mukherjee (Women’s doubles round of 16)

1:30 PM Onwards: Sharath Kamal, G Sathiyan (Men's Singles)

Tennis

7:30 AM: Ramkumar Ramanathan/Saketh Myneni (IND) vs Jason Jung/Yu-hsiou Hsu (TPE) (Medal round: Men’s doubles final)

9:30 AM Onwards: Rohan Bopanna/Rutuja Bhosale (IND) vs Chan Hao-ching/Yu-hsiou Hsu (TPE) (Mixed doubles semi-finals:)