Asian Games, September 23 schedule: Mirabai, Manu headline India's medal hopes

Another busy day awaits the Indian contingent at the Asian Games 2026, with several of the country's biggest names set to be in action in Aichi-Nagoya on Wednesday, September 23. India will look to add to its medal tally on Day 4, with athletes competing across 102 events in 17 sports.

Double Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker will be one of the main attractions on Wednesday. She will compete in the women's 10m air pistol qualification, along with Suruchi Inder Singh and Esha Singh. The trio will also feature in the team event, while Bhaker, Suruchi and Esha are scheduled to compete in the individual final if they qualify.

Weightlifting will also be in focus as Mirabai Chanu begins her campaign in the women's 49kg category. The Olympic medallist will be aiming to win her first Asian Games medal. Gyaneshwari Yadav will later compete in the women's 53kg event.

The Indian men's badminton team, which assured a medal after beating Japan in the quarterfinals, will face China in the semifinal. Lakshya Sen, Ayush Shetty, HS Prannoy, Kidambi Srikanth, Tharun Mannepalli and the doubles pair of Satwik and Chirag are among those listed in India's squad. The team will be aiming to book a place in the gold medal match.

Wushu star Roshibina Devi will also be in action in the women's 60kg Sanda semifinal. She will face Indonesia's Thania Kusumaningtyas for a place in the final.

The Indian women's hockey team will look to maintain its winning start when it takes on Thailand in a Pool B match. India have won their opening two matches and will be aiming for another victory.

Fencing and rowing will also keep the Indian contingent busy throughout the day. Naorem Mina Devi and Ashitha Stalinraj will compete in the women's foil, while Karan Singh and Gisho Nidhi K.P. will feature in the men's sabre. Several Indian rowers will also be in action across heats in different events.

With medal events in shooting and weightlifting, and crucial matches in badminton, hockey and wushu, Wednesday promises to be another packed day for India at the Asian Games.

Here's the full schedule for Indian athletes at the Asian Games 2026 for Wednesday, September 23:5:30 AM: Soft Tennis - Jay Meena vs Sherwin Nuguit of the Philippines in the men's singles quarterfinal.5:30 AM: Esports - Daniel and Chinmay Sahoo in eFootball quarterfinal, subject to qualification.5:30 AM: Sepaktakraw - India vs Philippines in a men's team regulation Group B preliminary match.5:40 AM: Rowing - Balraj Panwar in men's single sculls Heat 2.6:00 AM: Rowing - Satnam Singh and Salman Khan in men's double sculls Heat 3.6:15 AM: Shooting - Manu Bhaker, Suruchi Inder Singh and Esha Singh in women's 10m air pistol individual qualification; Suruchi and Esha also compete in the team qualification round.6:30 AM: Shooting - Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Bhavtegh Singh Gill and Mairaj Ahmad Khan in men's skeet individual and team qualification, Day 3.6:30 AM: Shooting - Parinaaz Dhaliwal, Raiza Dhillon and Maheshwari Chauhan in women's skeet individual and team qualification, Day 3.6:30 AM: Canoe Sprint - Harshwardhan Shaktawat, Varinder Singh, L Naocha Singh Oinam and Arun Singh in men's K4 500m Heat 1.6:30 AM: Equestrian - Ashish Limaye and Fouaad Mirza in eventing individual cross-country final, Day 2.6:30 AM: Table Tennis - Harmeet Desai-Yashaswini Ghorpade vs Ismael Mohamed-Ali Fathimath of Maldives in mixed doubles Round of 32.6:30 AM onwards: Fencing - Naorem Mina Devi and Joys Ashitha Stalinraj in women's foil individual pool bouts.6:42 AM: Swimming - Rohit Benedicton and Sajan Prakash in men's 100m butterfly Heat 2.6:50 AM: Canoe Sprint - Megha Pradeep in women's canoe single 200m Heat 1.6:50 AM: Rowing - Jaswinder Singh and Nitin Kumar in men's pair Heat 2.7:03 AM: Swimming - Aneesh Sunil Kumar Gowda and Vedaant Madhavan in men's 200m freestyle Heat 2.7:10 AM: Canoe Sprint - Parvathy Geetha-Phairembam Soniya Devi in women's kayak double 500m Heat 1.7:10 AM: Rowing - Gurbani Kaur, Poonam, Tendenthoi Devi Haobijam and Aleena Anto in women's four Heat 1.7:10 AM: Table Tennis - Manush Shah-Diya Chitale vs Chanul Kulappuwawadu-Bimandee Swarn of Sri Lanka in the mixed doubles Round of 32.8:15 AM onwards: Fencing - Gisho Nidhi K.P. and Karan Singh in men's sabre individual pool bouts.8:30 AM: Soft Tennis - Jay Meena in men's singles semifinal, subject to qualification.8:30 AM: Kabaddi - India vs Iran in women's Group A preliminary match.8:30 AM onwards: Boxing - Ankush vs Hamsa Vogel of Bahrain in men's 80kg Round of 16.9:00 AM: Shooting - Manu Bhaker, Suruchi Inder Singh and Esha Singh in women's 10m air pistol individual final, subject to qualification. (medal event)9:30 AM: Fencing - Naorem Mina Devi and Joys Ashitha Stalinraj in women's foil Round of 32, subject to qualification.9:45 AM: Kabaddi - India vs Bangladesh in men's Group A preliminary match.9:50 AM: Fencing - Gisho Nidhi K.P. and Karan Singh in men's sabre Round of 32, subject to qualification.10:00 AM: Weightlifting - Mirabai Chanu in women's 49kg final, Group A. (medal event)10:05 AM: Fencing - Naorem Mina Devi and Joys Ashitha Stalinraj in women's foil Round of 16, subject to qualification.10:15 AM: Table Tennis - Manush Shah-Diya Chitale and Harmeet Desai-Yashaswini Ghorpade in the mixed doubles Round of 16.10:25 AM: Fencing - Gisho Nidhi K.P. and Karan Singh in men's sabre Round of 16, subject to qualification.10:30 AM: Squash - Abhay Singh vs Arkaradet Arkarahirunya of Thailand in the men's singles Round of 32.10:40 AM: Canoe Sprint - Prasanna Kumar CS-Prohit Baroi in men's kayak double 500m Heat 2.11:00 AM: Canoe Sprint - Megha Pradeep-L Neha Devi in women's canoe double 500m Heat 2.11:00 AM: Fencing - Naorem Mina Devi-Joys Ashitha Stalinraj in women's foil quarterfinals, subject to qualification; Karan Singh-Gisho Nidhi K.P. in men's sabre quarterfinals, subject to qualification.11:00 AM: Shooting - Parinaaz Dhaliwal, Raiza Dhillon and Maheshwari Chauhan in the women's skeet final, subject to qualification. (medal event)11:15 AM: Squash - Tanvi Khanna vs Kim Dami of South Korea in women's singles Round of 32.11:20 AM: Rowing - Rohit-Ujjwal Kumar Singh in men's lightweight double sculls Heat 1.11:30 AM: Badminton - India vs China in men's team semifinal.11:30 AM: Hockey - India vs Thailand in women's Pool B match.12:00 PM: Squash - Veer Chotrani vs Mohamed Shamil Mukthar Wakeel of Sri Lanka in men's singles Round of 32.12:10 PM: Rowing - Arvind Singh, Kulwinder Singh, Navdeep Singh and Jakar Khan in men's quadruple sculls Heat 2.12:15 PM: Soft Tennis - Jay Meena in men's singles gold medal match, subject to qualification. (medal event)12:20 PM: Rowing - Vipul Ghurde, Saurav Kumar, Babu Lal Yadav and Yogesh Kumar in men's four Heat 1.12:30 PM: Shooting - Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Bhavtegh Singh Gill and Mairaj Ahmad Khan in the men's skeet final, subject to qualification. (medal event)12:30 PM onwards: Esports - Daniel and Chinmay Sahoo in eFootball semifinals, subject to qualification.12:50 PM onwards: Fencing - Naorem Mina Devi and Joys Ashitha Stalinraj in women's foil semifinals, subject to qualification.1:30 PM: Weightlifting - Gyaneshwari Yadav in women's 53kg final, Group A. (medal event)1:30 PM onwards: Fencing - Karan Singh and Gisho Nidhi K.P. in men's sabre semifinals, subject to qualification.1:38 PM: Swimming - Rohit Benedicton and Sajan Prakash in men's 100m butterfly final, subject to qualification. (medal event)1:54 PM: Swimming - Aneesh Sunil Kumar Gowda and Vedaant Madhavan in men's 200m freestyle final, subject to qualification. (medal event)2:10 PM: Fencing - Joys Ashitha Stalinraj and Naorem Mina Devi in women's foil medal bouts, subject to qualification. (medal event)2:30 PM: Fencing - Karan Singh and Gisho Nidhi K.P. in men's sabre medal bouts, subject to qualification.(medal event)2:30 PM onwards: Wushu - Roshibina Devi vs Thania Kusumaningtyas of Indonesia in women's Sanda 60kg semifinal.3:50 PM: Esports - Daniel and Chinmay Sahoo in eFootball final, subject to qualification. (medal event)- EndsPublished By: Saurabh KumarPublished On: Sep 22, 2026 19:57 IST