Asian Games 2026: India's updated schedule for Day 1 (September 20)

Badminton, hockey, cricket and shooting will be among the top events to watch for India

The Asian Games 2026 are officially underway in Aichi-Nagoya, and the Indian sporting fraternity has its eyes firmly set on the Indian contingent. After winning 106 medals at the 19th edition in Hangzhou 2022, India will be aiming to improve on that in the 20th edition.

On Saturday (September 19), a colourful opening ceremony took place, as India’s 501 talented athletes waved the tricolour gleefully.

Meanwhile, Indian fans inside the packed Paloma Mizuho Stadium in Nagoya, along with millions watching from home, rallied behind the contingent on social media, voicing their support and hoping for another strong showing from the Indian athletes.

The action gets underway on Sunday, September 20, with India set to compete across multiple sports, including wushu, badminton, shooting, table tennis, hockey and cricket.

Related: Asian Games 2026: Updated day-wise India schedule for all sports

The opening day could already bring medal success for the Indian contingent, with shooting and wushu offering two key opportunities.

Looking beyond the medal events, India’s campaign on Sunday begins as early as 5:30 AM IST, with the rowing contingent in action across the men’s single sculls, double sculls heats and quarter-finals, men’s pair and women’s four.

Table tennis will also feature two Indian fixtures, with the women’s team group-stage matches scheduled for 9:00 AM and 3:30 PM IST.

Meanwhile, the Indian women’s cricket team will begin its campaign against Bangladesh at 10:30 AM IST.

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India’s full schedule for Day 1 [September 20] at Asian Games 2026 (all times in IST)

5.30 AM onwards: Wushu – Men’s Changquan Final

• Athlete: Suraj Singh Mayanglambam
• Stage: Men’s Changquan final
• Venue: Aichi Prefectural Martial Arts Hall

6.15 AM onwards: Shooting – Women’s 10m Air Rifle Individual (Qualifications)

• Athletes: Elavenil Valarivan, Sonam Maskar, and Vidarsa Vinod
• Stage: Women’s 10m Air Rifle Qualifications
• Venue: Aichi Pref. General Shooting Gallery

6.15 AM: Shooting – Women’s 10m Air Rifle Team (Final)

• Athletes: Elavenil Valarivan, Sonam Maskar, and Vidarsa Vinod
• Stage: Women’s 10m Air Rifle Team Final
• Venue: Aichi Pref. General Shooting Gallery

6.30 AM: Table Tennis – Women’s Team (Group Stage)

• Teams: India (Diya Chitale, Sreeja Akula, Sutirtha Mukherjee, Syndrela Das and Yashaswini Ghorpade) vs Indonesia
• Stage: Group stage (Group F)
• Venue: SKY HALL TOYOTA (Table 8)

6.30 AM: Teqball – Women’s Singles (Bronze Medal Match)

• Athletes: Quimcy Dsouza vs Yuina Sakamoto (Japan)
• Stage: Bronze medal match
• Venue: Table 1

7.00 AM: Teqball – Mixed Doubles (Bronze Medal Match)

• Athletes: Mohammad Anas/Quimcy Dsouza vs Hoang Minh Tan Nguyen/Gia Nghi Trinh (Vietnam)
• Stage: Bronze medal match
• Venue: Table 1

7.22 AM: Swimming – Men’s 100m Freestyle (Heats)

• Athletes: Akash Mani & Rohit Benedicton
• Stage: Heats (Heat 5)
• Venue: Tokyo Aquatics Centre

7.30 AM: Hockey – Women’s Group stage

• Teams: India Women vs Uzbekistan Women
• Stage: Group stage
• Venue: Gifu Prefectural Green Stadium

7.37 AM: Swimming – Men’s 100m Backstroke (Heats)

• Athletes: Utkarsh Patil & Rishabh Das
• Stage: Heats (Heat 3)
• Venue: Tokyo Aquatics Centre

8.10 AM: MMA – Women’s Traditional 60 kg (Quarter-finals)

• Athlete: Suchika Tariyal vs Altanchimeg Baigalmaa (Mongolia)
• Stage: Women’s 60 kg Quarter-finals
• Venue: Nagoya City Inae Sports Center

9.00 AM: Table Tennis – Men’s Team (Group Stage)

• Teams: India vs Indonesia
• Stage: Group Stage (Group F)
• Venue: SKY HALL TOYOTA (Table 4)

10.30 AM: Cricket – Women’s Semi-finals

• Teams: India Women vs Bangladesh Women
• Stage: Semi-finals
• Venue: Korogi Athletic Park

11.00 AM onwards: Shooting – Women’s 10m Air Rifle (Individual Final – If India qualify)

• Athletes: Elavenil Valarivan, Sonam Maskar, and Vidarsa Vinod
• Stage: Women’s 10m Air Rifle Final
• Venue: Aichi Pref. General Shooting Gallery

11.30 AM: Hockey – Men’s Group stage

• Teams: India vs Indonesia
• Stage: Group stage
• Venue: Gifu Prefectural Green Stadium

11.30 AM: Badminton – Women’s Team

• Teams: India (Devika Sihag, Gayatri Gopichand, Isharani Baruah, Kavipriya Selvam, PV Sindhu, Simran Singhi, Tanisha Crasto, Tanvi Sharma, Treesa Jolly and Unnati Hooda) vs Kazakhstan
• Stage: Women’s Team Pre-quarterfinals (Round of 16)
• Venue: Ichinomiya City Municipal Gymnasium (Court 2)

12.30 PM: Table Tennis – Women’s Team (Group Stage)

• Teams: Singapore vs India (Diya Chitale, Sreeja Akula, Sutirtha Mukherjee, Syndrela Das and Yashaswini Ghorpade)
• Stage: Group stage (Group F)
• Venue: SKY HALL TOYOTA (Table 4)

2.00 PM: MMA – Men’s Traditional 77kg (Quarter-finals)

• Athletes: Varun Sanyal vs TBA
• Stage: Men’s Traditional 77 kg Quarter-finals
• Venue: Nagoya City Inae Sports Center

2.23 PM: Swimming – Men’s 100m Freestyle (Final – If India qualify)

• Athletes: Akash Mani & Rohit Benedicton
• Stage: Final
• Venue: Tokyo Aquatics Centre

2.30 PM onwards: Wushu – Women’s 52kg (Quarter-finals)

• Athletes: Aparna Dahiya vs Sogand Sinkaeichetan (Iran)
• Stage: Quarter-finals
• Venue: Aichi Prefectural Martial Arts Hall

Followed by: Wushu – Men’s 75kg (Quarter-finals)

• Athletes: Vikrant Baliyan vs Soheil Mousavi (Iran)
• Stage: Quarter-finals
• Venue: Aichi Prefectural Martial Arts Hall

2.43 PM: Swimming – Men’s 100m Backstroke (Final – If India qualify)

• Athletes: Utkarsh Patil & Rishabh Das
• Stage: Final
• Venue: Ichinomiya City Municipal Gymnasium, Court 2

3.00 PM: Table Tennis – Men’s Team (Group Stage)

• Teams: India (Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Harmeet Desai, Manav Thakkar, Manush Shah and Payas Jain) vs Iran
• Stage: Group stage (Group F)
• Venue: SKY HALL TOYOTA (Table 1)

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