Manu Bhaker (PTI Photo)
India's campaign at the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, enters another busy day on Monday, September 28, with athletes from several disciplines in action. The day features a mix of medal events, knockout contests, qualification rounds and team matches, giving the Indian contingent plenty to look forward to. Athletics will be one of the main attractions, with Avinash Sable, Murali Sreeshankar, Parul Chaudhary, Gulveer Singh and Rohit Yadav among those competing in medal events. India's women's 25m pistol team, led by Manu Bhaker, Esha Singh and Rahi Sarnobat, will also be in contention in shooting, while Pincky Balhara could compete for a medal in the women's -78kg kurash event if she progresses through the earlier rounds. There is also plenty of action outside the medal events. India's men's cricket team will take on Afghanistan in the quarterfinal, while the men's hockey team will face Bangladesh in their Pool A match. The squash teams will play multiple matches, and Indian athletes will also be in action in archery, boxing, sailing, surfing, sepak takraw, volleyball and tennis.
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With several events beginning in the early hours and action continuing into the evening, Monday promises a packed schedule for Indian fans.
India's full Asian Games schedule on September 28 (All timings in IST)
3:58 a.m. - Surfing: Men's Shortboard Round 3, Heat 2 - Sivaraj Babu vs Jayuard Alciso (Philippines)
4:45 a.m. - Archery: Compound Men's Individual 1/16 Elimination - Sahil Jadhav vs Jamiyangombo Purevdorj (Mongolia); Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru vs Sostar Andaru Rinaldi (Indonesia)
5:25 a.m. - Archery: Compound Men's Individual 1/8 Elimination - Sahil Jadhav (subject to qualification), Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru (subject to qualification)
6:10 a.m. - Shooting: 25m Pistol Women's Individual Qualification & Team Final (Rapid Stage) - Manu Bhaker, Esha Singh, Rahi Sarnobat
6:30 a.m. - Sepak Takraw: Women's Doubles, Group B - India (Prity Langoljam, Menenu Tsukru, Leirentonbi Devi Elangbam) vs Japan
Volleyball: Men's Pool C - India vs Hong Kong, China
Squash: Women's Team, Pool C - India vs China
Tennis: Men's Singles, Second Round - Sumit Nagal vs Seongchan Hong (Republic of Korea)
6:46 a.m. - Surfing: Men's Shortboard Round 3, Heat 8 - Kishore Kumar Anbarasu vs Ma Wensong (China)
7:30 a.m. - Sailing: Men's Dinghy Qualification Series - Vishnu Saravanan
Sailing: Men's Skiff Opening Series - Prince Kurisinkal Noble, Manu Francis
7:40 a.m. - Sailing: Women's Dinghy Qualification Series - Nethra Kumanan
Sailing: Women's Skiff Opening Series - Harshita Tomar, Shital Verma
8:00 a.m. - Kurash: Women's -78kg Quarterfinal - Pincky Balhara vs To be confirmed
8:30 a.m. - Sailing: Mixed Dinghy Opening Series - Shraddha Verma, Ravindra Kumar Sharma
Squash: Men's Team, Pool A - India vs China
9:26 a.m. - Surfing: Men's Shortboard Quarterfinals - Sivaraj Babu (subject to qualification), Kishore Kumar Anbarasu (subject to qualification)
9:45 a.m. - Archery: Compound Women's Individual 1/16 Elimination - Jyothi Surekha Vennam vs Adel Zhexenbinova (Kazakhstan); Chikitha Taniparthi vs To be confirmed
10:25 a.m. - Archery: Compound Women's Individual 1/8 Elimination - Jyothi Surekha Vennam (subject to qualification), Chikitha Taniparthi (subject to qualification)
10:30 a.m. - Kurash: Women's -78kg Semifinal - Pincky Balhara (subject to qualification)
Sepak Takraw: Women's Doubles Semifinal - India (subject to qualification)
10:40 a.m. - Sailing: Girls' Dinghy Opening Series - Mahi Verma
10:45 a.m. - Shooting: 25m Pistol Women's Individual Final - Manu Bhaker (subject to qualification), Esha Singh (subject to qualification), Rahi Sarnobat (subject to qualification)
Not before 11:00 a.m. - Tennis: Women's Doubles, First Round - Ankita Raina/Rutuja Bhosale vs Anna Danilina/Yulia Putintseva (Kazakhstan)
11:30 a.m. - Kurash: Women's -78kg Final - Pincky Balhara (subject to qualification)
12 noon - Squash: Women's Team, Pool C - India vs Japan
1:30 p.m. - Boxing: Women's 75kg Quarterfinal - Lovlina Borgohain vs Suyeon Seong (Republic of Korea)
2:00 p.m. - Squash: Men's Team, Pool A - India vs Republic of Korea
2:35 p.m. - Athletics: Women's Discus Throw Final - Seema, Sanya Yadav
2:45 p.m. - Boxing: Women's 60kg Quarterfinal - Priya Ghanghas vs Mijgona Samadova (Tajikistan)
3:09 p.m. - Athletics: 4x100m Mixed Relay, Round 1, Heat 2 - India
3:30 p.m. - Hockey: Men's Pool A - India vs Bangladesh
3:45 p.m. - Boxing: Men's 90kg Quarterfinal - Kapil Pokhariya vs Gichae Kim (Republic of Korea)
3:53 p.m. - Athletics: Women's 400m Hurdles Final - Vithya Ramraj, Anu Raghavan
4:03 p.m. - Athletics: Men's 400m Hurdles Final - Santhosh Kumar Tamilarasan
4:13 p.m. - Athletics: Men's 3000m Steeplechase Final - Avinash Sable
4:25 p.m. - Athletics: Men's Long Jump Final - David Solomon Patturaj, Murali Sreeshankar
4:35 p.m. - Athletics: Men's 1500m Final - Yoonus Shah, Gulveer Singh
4:45 p.m. - Athletics: Men's Javelin Throw Final - Rohit Yadav, Yash Vir Singh
4:50 p.m. - Athletics: Women's 800m Round 1 - Gowthami Jayaraman (Heat 1), Pooja (Heat 2)
5:13 p.m. - Athletics: Women's 5000m Final - Seema, Parul Chaudhary
6:01 p.m. - Athletics: Men's 4x400m Relay, Round 1, Heat 2 - India
6:30 p.m. - Shooting: Trap Men's Individual Qualification & Team Final, Day 2 - Ahvar Rizvi, Kynan Chenai, Shapath Bharadwaj
Shooting: Trap Women's Individual Qualification & Team Final, Day 2 - Maneesha Keer, Aashima Ahlawat, Neeru
6:34 p.m. - Athletics: Women's 4x100m Relay Final - India
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