Asian Games 2023 Day 7, September 30, Highlights: India beat Pakistan for historic squash gold; Bopanna-Rutuja champs in tennis

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Asian Games 2023 has been thoroughly entertaining for the past few days. The Indian contingent has been performing well across various disciplines in order to win as many medals as possible. At the end of 29 September, India’s overall tally stood at 33 which included eight golds, 12 silvers and 13 bronze medals.

The competition in Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China, will only become more intense henceforth. Events in athletics have resumed while the boxers and badminton stars head towards the business end of their respective campaigns. India is also set to clash against Pakistan in two disciplines on Saturday, squash and hockey, and a lot of fans will be looking forward to them. 

There is a lot of action in store at the Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou on Saturday. Eyes will be on events like tennis, boxing and badminton that can ensure more medals for India.

Here is the complete Indian schedule for 30 September at the Asian Games 2023:

All times are in Indian Standard Time (IST)

4:00 AM: Golf – Anirban Lahiri (T9), Shubhankar Sharma (T21), SSP Chawrasia (T29), Khalin Joshi (T29) (Men’s Individual and Team events, Round 3)

4:00 AM: Golf – Aditi Ashok (T2), Pranavi Sharath (T10) Avani Prashanth (T15) (Women’s Individual and Team events, Round 3)

5:30 AM Onwards: Equestrian – Vikas Kumar, Apurva Dabhade, Ashish Limaye (Eventing Dressage Team and Individual)

6:30 AM: Shooting – Sarabjot Singh and Divya TS (10m Air Pistol Mixed Team)

6:30 AM: Shooting – Kynan Chenai, Prithviraj Toindaman, Zoravar Singh Sandhu (Men’s Trap-75 qualification Phase 1)

6:30 AM: Shooting – Rajeshwari Kumari, Manisha Keer, Preeti Rajak (Women’s Trap-75 qualification Phase 1)

6:30 AM: Roller Skating – Heeral Sadhu, Aarathy Raj (Women’s Speed Skating 10000m Point-Elimination Race)

6:30 AM Onwards: Bridge – India Team (Men’s, women’s and mixed Round Robin 2)

6:35 AM: Athletics – Jeswin Aldrin (Group A), Murali Sreeshankar(Group B) (Men’s Long Jump Qualification)

6:38 AM: Athletics – Swapna Barman, Nandini Agasara (Heat 2) (Women’s Heptathlon 100m Hurdles)

6:45 AM Onwards: Athletics – Jyothi Yarraji (Heat 1), Nithya Ramraj (Heat 2) (Women’s 100m Hurdles)

7:00 AM Onwards: Kurash – Keshav (Men’s 66kg)

7:00 AM Onwards: Kurash – Pinky Balhara, Suchika Tariyal (Women’s 52kg)

7:05 AM Onwards: Athletics – Ajay Kumar Saroj (Heat 1), Jinson Johnson (Heat 2) (Men’s 1500m)

7:05 AM: Roller Skating – Anandkumar Velkumar, Siddhant Kamble (Men’s Speed Skating 10000m Point-Elimination Race)

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7:20 AM: Athletics – Swapna Barman, Nandini Agasara (Women’s Heptathlon High Jump)

7:20 AM: Canoe Sprint – Niraj Verma (Men’s Canoe Single 1000m Heat 1)

7:48 AM: Canoe Sprint – Binita Chanu Oinam and Parvathy Geetha (Women’s Kayak Double 500m Heat 2)

8:00 AM: Volleyball – India vs. North Korea (Women’s Pool A)

8:16 AM: Canoe Sprint – Ribason Ningthoujam and Gyaneshwor Philem (Men’s Canoe Double 500m Heat 1)

10:15 AM: Table Tennis – Manush Shah/ Manav Thakkar vs. Jonghoon Lim/Woojin Jang (South Korea) (Men’s Doubles quarter-final)

10:30 AM Onwards: Tennis – Rohan Bopanna/Rutuja Bhosale vs. Tsung-hao Huang/En-shuo Liang (Chinese Taipei) (Mixed Doubles final)

11:00 AM: Table Tennis – Manika Batra vs. Yidi Wang(China) (Women’s Singles quarter-final)

11:30 AM: Handball – India vs. Nepal (Women’s Group B)

11:30 AM: Boxing – Preeti vs Zhaina Shekerbekova (Kazakhstan) (Women’s 54 kg quarterfinal)

12:30 PM: Weightlifting – Mirabai Chanu (Women’s 49kg)

12:30 PM: Chess – Men’s, Women’s Team Round 2

12:45 PM: Boxing – Lovlina Borgohain vs. Suyeon Seong (South Korea) (Women’s 75kg quarterfinal)

1:00 PM: Squash – India vs. Pakistan (Men’s Team final)

1:00 PM: Boxing – Sachin vs. Turki Abuquthailah (Kuwait) (Men’s 57kg Round of 16)

2:15 PM: Boxing – Narender vs. Iman Ramezanpourdelavar (Iran) (Men’s +92kg quarterfinal)

2:30 PM: Badminton – India vs. South Korea (Men’s Team Semi-final)

4:30 PM: Weightlifting – Bindyarani Devi (Women’s 55kg)

4:40 PM: Athletics – Swapna Barman, Nandini Agasara (Women’s Heptathlon Shot Put)

5:00 PM: Diving – London Singh Hemam and Siddharth Pradeshi (Men’s Synchronised 3m Springboard Final)

5:30 PM: Athletics – Aishwarya Mishra and Himanshi Malik (Women’s 400m final) (qualification pending)

5:40 PM: Athletics – Muhammad Anas Yahiya and Muhammed Ajmal Variyathodi (Men’s 400m final) (qualification pending)

5:50 PM: Athletics – Gulveer Singh, Kartik Kumar (Men’s 10000m final)

6:15 PM: Hockey – India vs. Pakistan (Men’s Pool A)

6:30 PM: Boxing – Nishant Dev vs. Sewonrets Okazawa (Men’s 71kg quarterfinal)

6:35 PM: Athletics – Swapna Barman, Nandini Agasara (Women’s Heptathlon 200m)

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