Asian Games 2023: Updated India schedule for September 22

All eyes will be on the Indian volleyball men’s team after their historic win previously.

The Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou are up and running although the opening ceremony is slated for 23 September. Indian athletes are giving their all in their respective disciplines in order to go one step closer to winning a medal for the nation. September 21 (Thursday) was a day of highs and lows for India with the Indian men’s football team and Indian women’s cricket team notching up wins. However, the Indian women’s football team suffered a 1-2 loss against the Chinese Taipei in their opening group fixture.

On September 22 (Friday), the Indian men’s volleyball team will be in action against the Chinese Taipei in a Top 12 encounter after securing a historic win over South Korea. Indian paddlers will also be starting their campaign at the Asian Games 2023 on Friday. Stars like Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra will be under the spotlight in table tennis events. 

Plenty of Indian athletes will also be competing in various events such as rowing, sailing and modern pentathlon on September 22.

Full schedule of Indian athletes for September 21 in Asian Games 2023

Discipline

Timing: Athletes/Team — (Event/Round)

Table Tennis

9:30 am IST: India 3-0 Yemen (Men’s Team Preliminary | Group F) 

1:30 pm IST: Singapore 2-3 India (Women’s Team Preliminary | Group F)

3:30 pm IST: India 3-1 Singapore (Men’s Team Preliminary | Group F)

Volleyball

12:00 pm IST: India 3-0 Chinese Taipei (Cross-match for Top 12)

Rowing

1 pm IST: Balraj Panwar finished 3rd with a timing of 7:22.22 and qualified for final A (Men’s Single Sculls Semifinal A/B)

Modern Pentathlon

1:30 pm IST: Mayank Chaphekar ranked 13th with 1005 points after 3 events (Men’s individual Fencing bonus round)

Sailing

Indian athletes in sailing will be involved in the following respective events.

8:30 am IST: Men’s Kite - IKA Formula Kite - Chitresh Tatha finished 7th with 34 points

8:30 am IST: Men’s Dinghy ILCA7 - Vishnu Saravanan finished 1st with 7 points

8:30 am IST: Mixed Multihull Nacra 17 - Inder Doiphode/Ramya Saravanan finished 4th with 16 points

8:30 am IST: Women’s Windsurfer RS:X - Ishwariya Ganesh finished 4th with 18 points

8:34 am IST: Women’s Kite - IKA Formula Kite -

8:40 am IST: Women’s Single Dinghy ILCA6 - Nethra Kumanan finished 4th with 12 points

8:40 am IST: Men’s Windsurfer RS:X - Eabad Ali finished 4th with 18 points

11:30 am IST: Men’s Windsurfing iQFoil - Jerome Kumar Savarimuthu finished 7th with 37 points

11:30 am IST: Women’s Skiff 49erFX - Harshita Tomar/Shital Verma finished 3rd 14 points

11:30 am IST: Mixed Dinghy - 470 - Preeti Kongara/Shekhar Sudhanshu finished 6th with 13 points

11:30 am IST: Girl’s Dinghy ILCA4 - Neha Thakur finished 2nd with 7 points

11:30 am IST: Men's Skiff - 49er - Ganapathy Kelapanda/Varun Ashok finished 4th with 16 points

11:40 am IST: Boy’s Dinghy ILCA4 - Adhvait Menon finished 6th 14 points