India schedule at Asian Games 2026 Day 3: Shooters eye more medals, Suchika Tariyal continues gold push on September 21 | Hindustan Times

India started their Asian Games 2026 campaign on a positive note on September 20. On its very first day, the country won two silver medals, both in shooting. The women's 10m air rifle team of Elavenil Valarivan, Sonam Maskar and Vidarsa Vinod was the first to open the Indian account. Valarivan then won her second silver in the women's 10m rifle individual event. On the other hand, two more medals were assured. MMA star Suchika Tariyal qualified for the semi-final and assured India of at least a bronze in the women's 60kg traditional event. On the other hand, the Indian women's cricket team qualified for the final and ensured another silver.On Day 3 of the Asian Games 2026, i.e September 21 (Monday), India will be looking for further medals in shooting with Parth Rakesh Mane, Himanshu Dhillon, Rudranksh Balasaheb Patil, all gunning for the men's 10m air rifle individual and team events. Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Bhavtegh Singh Gill and Mairaj Ahmad will be gunning for medals in men's skeet individual and team events. On the other hand, the women's skeet individual and team events will also feature medal hopefuls Parinaaz Dhaliwal, Raiza Dhillon and Maheshwari Chauhan.Suchika Tariyal will continue her dream run in the semi-final and will be eyeing a win to assure India of a silver at least. The boxing contingent will also begin their campaign, while India and Pakistan will come face to face for the first time in these Games in the women's team table tennis event. Here is the full schedule for India at the Asian Games 2026 on Day 3 (September 21):Shooting 10m Air Rifle Men (Individual) – Qualification Round: Parth Rakesh Mane, Himanshu Dhillon, Rudranksh Balasaheb Patil | 06:15 IST10m Air Rifle Men (Team) – Final (medal event): Parth Rakesh Mane, Himanshu Dhillon, Rudranksh Balasaheb Patil | 06:15 ISTSkeet Men (Individual) – Qualification Day 1 (50 Targets): Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Bhavtegh Singh Gill, Mairaj Ahmad Khan | 06:30 ISTSkeet Men (Team) – Final Day 1 (50 Targets) (medal event): Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Bhavtegh Singh Gill, Mairaj Ahmad Khan | 06:30 ISTSkeet Women (Individual) – Qualification Day 1 (50 Targets): Parinaaz Dhaliwal, Raiza Dhillon, Maheshwari Chauhan | 06:30 ISTSkeet Women (Team) – Final Day 1 (50 Targets) (medal event): Parinaaz Dhaliwal, Raiza Dhillon, Maheshwari Chauhan | 06:30 IST10m Air Rifle Men (Individual) – Final (medal event): Parth Rakesh Mane, Himanshu Dhillon, Rudranksh Balasaheb Patil (subject to qualification) | 09:00 ISTALSO READ: Elavenil Valarivan takes silver after late stumble in Asian Games 10m air rifle, only second since Gagan Narang in 2010Swimming Men's 50m Backstroke – Heats (Heat 2): Rishabh Das, Srihari Natraj | 06:32 ISTMen's 50m Freestyle – Heats: Akash Mani (Heat 2) at 06:46 IST | Heer Gitesh Shah (Heat 4) at 06:50 ISTMen's 100m Breaststroke – Heats (Heat 2): Danush Suresh | 07:10 ISTMen's 4x200m Freestyle Relay – Heats (Heat 2): Sajan Prakash, Aneesh Sunil Kumar Gowda, Vedaant Madhavan, Dhakshan Shashikumar | 07:44 ISTMen's 50m Backstroke – Final (medal event): Rishabh Das, Srihari Natraj (subject to qualification) | 13:30 ISTMen's 50m Freestyle – Final (medal event): Akash Mani, Heer Gitesh Shah (subject to qualification) | 13:42 ISTMen's 100m Breaststroke – Final (medal event): Danush Suresh (subject to qualification) | 14:08 ISTMen's 4x200m Freestyle Relay – Final (medal event): Team India (subject to qualification) | 14:43 ISTTable Tennis Women's Team – Group F (Match 6): India (Sreeja Akula, Yashaswini Ghorpade, Diya Chitale, Sutirtha Mukherjee, Syndrela Das) vs. Pakistan | 06:30 ISTMen's Team – Group F (Match 5): India (G. Sathiyan, Harmeet Desai, Manav Thakkar, Manush Shah, Payas Jain) vs. Pakistan | 15:30 ISTBadminton Men's Team – Round 1 (Court 1): India (Lakshya Sen, Ayush Shetty, HS Prannoy, Kidambi Srikanth, Tharun Mannepalli, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty, Hariharan Amsakarunan, MR Arjun, Dhruv Kapila) vs. Bangladesh | 11:30 ISTKabaddi Men's Team – Group A (Game 2): India vs. Japan | 09:45 ISTWomen's Team – Group A (Game 2): India vs. Bangladesh | 16:15 ISTHockey Women's Team – Pool Stage (Match 4): India vs. Indonesia | 09:30 ISTWushu Women's Changquan – Final (medal event): Nyeman Wangsu | 05:30 ISTWomen's Sanda 60kg – 1/8 Final (Match 5): Roshibina Devi vs. Most Shika Khatun (Bangladesh) | 14:30 IST OnwardsMen's Sanda 56kg – 1/16 Final (Match 3): Aryan vs. Shahzada Safi (Afghanistan) | 14:30 IST OnwardsBoxing Men's 70kg – Preliminaries (Round of 32, Bout 2): Sumit vs. SinSiri Bunjong (Thailand) | 08:30 IST OnwardsMixed Martial Arts (MMA) Women's Traditional -60kg – Semifinal: Suchika Tariyal vs. Teo Hui Hoon (Singapore) | 08:30 ISTSepaktakraw Men's Team Regu – Preliminary Group B (2): India vs. Japan | 05:30 ISTSoft Tennis Mixed Doubles – Group B (Match 1): Jay Meena / Aadhya Tiwari vs. Viva Chao / Chanroseka Khun (Cambodia) | 05:30 ISTMixed Doubles – Group B (Match 3): Jay Meena / Aadhya Tiwari vs. Bud Nyamdorj / Enkhkhuslen Ganbaatar (Mongolia) | 06:30 ISTMixed Doubles – Group B (Match 6): Jay Meena / Aadhya Tiwari vs. Yeon-hwa Kim / Jaekyu Park (South Korea) | 07:30 ISTMixed Doubles – Quarterfinal: Jay Meena / Aadhya Tiwari (subject to qualification) | 10:30 ISTMixed Doubles – Semifinal: Jay Meena / Aadhya Tiwari (subject to qualification) | 12:00 ISTMixed Doubles – Gold Medal Match (medal event): Jay Meena / Aadhya Tiwari (subject to qualification) | 13:30 IST