India schedule at Asian Games 2026 Day 5: Mirabai Chanu, Manu Bhaker headline medal hunt on September 23 | Hindustan Times

India will have a packed programme at the Asian Games 2026 on September 23, with medal events in shooting and weightlifting accompanied by a men’s badminton semifinal against China, women’s hockey action and potentially deep runs in fencing, soft tennis and esports.The day begins as early as 5:30am IST, when Jay Meena plays his men’s singles soft tennis quarterfinal and India’s men’s sepaktakraw team faces the Philippines. Rowing, shooting, canoe sprint, table tennis and fencing then take over the morning programme before several of India’s biggest events arrive later in the day.Manu Bhaker, Esha Singh and Suruchi Inder Singh will be involved in the women’s air pistol qualification from 6:15am, with the individual final scheduled for 9am. Mirabai Chanu will then compete in the women’s 49kg weightlifting final at 10am, while India will also have possible medal opportunities in both the men’s and women’s skeet competitions. The men’s badminton team faces China in the semifinal at 11:30am, the same time at which the Indian women’s hockey team plays Thailand in Pool B. Roshibina Devi’s women’s 60kg sanda semifinal against Indonesia’s Thania Kusumaningtyas will begin from 2:30pm IST. Mirabai Chanu, shooting finals headline India’s dayThe first major medal window arrives in women’s air pistol. Suruchi Inder Singh, Esha Singh and Manu Bhaker begin qualification at 6:15am, with the final scheduled for 9am for those who progress. India will also contest the team event through the same three shooters.Mirabai Chanu takes centre stage at 10am in the women’s 49kg Group A final. Gyaneshwari Yadav will compete later in the women’s 53kg Group A final at 1:30pm. Skeet also presents India with multiple opportunities. Parinaaz Dhaliwal, Raiza Dhillon and Maheshwari Chauhan complete the women’s qualification programme before a possible final at 11am, while Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Bhavtegh Singh Gill and Mairaj Ahmad Khan are scheduled for the men’s final at 12:30pm.Also Read: Gianni Infantino opens door to FIFA governance overhaul after World Cup investment plan sparks fierce backlashHere is India’s complete schedule for September 23.All timings are in IST.Soft TennisMen’s Singles – Quarterfinal: Jay Meena vs Sherwin Nuguit (Philippines) | 5:30amMen’s Singles – Semifinal: Jay Meena, subject to qualification | 8:30amMen’s Singles – Gold Medal Match: Jay Meena, subject to qualification | 12:15pmSepaktakrawMen’s Team Regu – Preliminary Round, Group B: India vs Philippines | 5:30amRowingMen’s Single Sculls – Heat 2: Balraj Panwar | 5:40amMen’s Double Sculls – Heat 3: Satnam Singh, Salman Khan | 6:00amMen’s Pair – Heat 2: Jaswinder Singh, Nitin Kumar | 6:50amWomen’s Four – Heat 1: Gurbani Kaur, Poonam, Tendenthoi Devi, Haobijam | 7:10amMen’s Lightweight Double Sculls – Heat 1: Rohit, Ujjwal Kumar Singh | 11:20amMen’s Quadruple Sculls – Heat 2: Arvind Singh, Kulwinder Singh, Navdeep Singh, Jakar Khan | 12:10pmMen’s Four – Heat 1: Ghurde Vipul Satish, Saurav Kumar, Babu Lal Yadav, Yogesh Kumar | 12:20pmShootingAir Pistol Women – Individual Qualification: Suruchi Inder Singh, Esha Singh, Manu Bhaker | 6:15amAir Pistol Women – Team Qualification: Suruchi Inder Singh, Esha Singh, Manu Bhaker | 6:15amSkeet Men – Individual Qualification Day 3: Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Bhavtegh Singh Gill, Mairaj Ahmad Khan | 6:30amSkeet Men – Team Qualification Day 3: Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Bhavtegh Singh Gill, Mairaj Ahmad Khan | 6:30amSkeet Women – Individual Qualification Day 3: Parinaaz Dhaliwal, Raiza Dhillon, Maheshwari Chauhan | 6:30amSkeet Women – Team Qualification Day 3: Parinaaz Dhaliwal, Raiza Dhillon, Maheshwari Chauhan | 6:30amAir Pistol Women – Individual Final: Suruchi, Esha Singh, Manu Bhaker | 9:00amSkeet Women – Individual Final: Parinaaz Dhaliwal, Raiza Dhillon, Maheshwari Chauhan | 11:00amSkeet Men – Individual Final: Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Bhavtegh Singh Gill, Mairaj Ahmad Khan | 12:30pmCanoe SprintMen’s Kayak Four 500m – Heat 1: Harshwardhan Shaktawat, Varinder Singh, L Naocha Singh Oinam, Arun Singh | 6:30amWomen’s Canoe Single 200m – Heat 1: Megha Pradeep | 6:50amWomen’s Kayak Double 500m – Heat 1: Parvathy Geetha, Phairembam Soniya Devi | 7:10amMen’s Kayak Double 500m – Heat 2: Prsanna Kumar CS, Prohit Baroi | 10:40amWomen’s Canoe Double 500m – Heat 2: Megha Pradeep, L Neha Devi | 11:00amEquestrianEventing Individual, Cross Country – Final Day 2: Ashish Limaye | 6:30amEventing Individual, Cross Country – Final Day 2: Fouaad Mirza | 6:30amTable TennisMixed Doubles – Round of 32: Harmeet Desai/Yashaswini Ghorpade vs Ismael Mohamed/Ali Fathimath (Maldives) | 6:30amMixed Doubles – Round of 32: Manush Shah/Diya Chitale vs Chanul Kulappuwawadu/Bimandee Swarn (Sri Lanka) | 7:10amMixed Doubles – Round of 16: Manush Shah/Diya Chitale, subject to qualification | 10:15amMixed Doubles – Round of 16: Harmeet Desai/Yashaswini Ghorpade, subject to qualification | 10:15amSwimmingMen’s 100m Butterfly – Heat 2: Rohit Benedicton, Sajan Prakash | 6:42amMen’s 200m Freestyle – Heat 2: Aneesh Sunil Kumar Gowda, Vedaant Madhavan | 7:03amMen’s 100m Butterfly – Final: Rohit Benedicton, Sajan Prakash, subject to qualification | 1:38pmMen’s 200m Freestyle – Final: Aneesh Sunil Kumar Gowda, Vedaant Madhavan, subject to qualification | 1:54pmFencingWomen’s Foil Individual – Pool Stage: Naorem Mina Devi and Joys Ashitha Stalinraj | 6:30am onwardsMen’s Sabre Individual – Pool Stage: Gisho Nidhi K.P. and Karan Singh | 8:15am onwardsWomen’s Foil Individual – Round of 32, subject to qualification | 9:30amMen’s Sabre Individual – Round of 32, subject to qualification | 9:50amWomen’s Foil Individual – Round of 16, subject to qualification | 10:05amMen’s Sabre Individual – Round of 16, subject to qualification | 10:25amWomen’s Foil Individual – Quarterfinals, subject to qualification | 11:00amMen’s Sabre Individual – Quarterfinals, subject to qualification | 11:00amWomen’s Foil Individual – Semifinals, subject to qualification | 12:50pm onwardsMen’s Sabre Individual – Semifinals, subject to qualification | 1:30pm onwardsWomen’s Foil Individual – Medal Bout, subject to qualification | 2:10pmMen’s Sabre Individual – Medal Bout, subject to qualification | 2:30pmKabaddiWomen’s Team – Preliminary Round, Group A: India vs Iran | 8:30amMen’s Team – Preliminary Round, Group A: India vs Bangladesh | 9:45amBoxingMen’s 80kg – Round of 16: Ankush vs Hamsa Vogel (Bahrain) | 8:30am onwardsWeightliftingWomen’s 49kg – Final, Group A: Mirabai Chanu | 10:00amWomen’s 53kg – Final, Group A: Gyaneshwari Yadav | 1:30pmSquashMen’s Singles – Round of 32: Abhay Singh vs Arkaradet Arkarahirunya (Thailand) | 10:30amWomen’s Singles – Round of 32: Tanvi Khanna vs Kim Dami (Republic of Korea) | 11:15amMen’s Singles – Round of 32: Veer Chotrani vs Mohamed Shamil Mukthar Wakeel (Sri Lanka) | 12:00pmBadmintonMen’s Team – Semifinal: India vs China | 11:30amHockeyWomen’s Team – Pool B: India vs Thailand | 11:30amWushuWomen’s Sanda 60kg – Semifinal: Roshibina Devi vs Thania Kusumaningtyas (Indonesia) | 2:30pm onwards