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

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 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.

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Men’s Singles – Semifinal: Jay Meena, subject to qualification | 8:30am

Men’s Singles – Gold Medal Match: Jay Meena, subject to qualification | 12:15pm

eFootball – Semifinal: Daniel and Chinmay Sahoo, subject to qualification | 12:30pm onwards

eFootball – Final: Daniel and Chinmay Sahoo, subject to qualification | 3:50pm

Men’s Double Sculls – Heat 3: Satnam Singh, Salman Khan | 6:00am

Men’s Pair – Heat 2: Jaswinder Singh, Nitin Kumar | 6:50am

Women’s Four – Heat 1: Gurbani Kaur, Poonam, Tendenthoi Devi, Haobijam | 7:10am

Men’s Lightweight Double Sculls – Heat 1: Rohit, Ujjwal Kumar Singh | 11:20am

Men’s Quadruple Sculls – Heat 2: Arvind Singh, Kulwinder Singh, Navdeep Singh, Jakar Khan | 12:10pm

Men’s Four – Heat 1: Ghurde Vipul Satish, Saurav Kumar, Babu Lal Yadav, Yogesh Kumar | 12:20pm

Air Pistol Women – Team Qualification: Suruchi Inder Singh, Esha Singh, Manu Bhaker | 6:15am

Skeet Men – Individual Qualification Day 3: Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Bhavtegh Singh Gill, Mairaj Ahmad Khan | 6:30am

Skeet Men – Team Qualification Day 3: Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Bhavtegh Singh Gill, Mairaj Ahmad Khan | 6:30am

Skeet Women – Individual Qualification Day 3: Parinaaz Dhaliwal, Raiza Dhillon, Maheshwari Chauhan | 6:30am

Skeet Women – Team Qualification Day 3: Parinaaz Dhaliwal, Raiza Dhillon, Maheshwari Chauhan | 6:30am

Air Pistol Women – Individual Final: Suruchi, Esha Singh, Manu Bhaker | 9:00am

Skeet Women – Individual Final: Parinaaz Dhaliwal, Raiza Dhillon, Maheshwari Chauhan | 11:00am

Skeet Men – Individual Final: Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Bhavtegh Singh Gill, Mairaj Ahmad Khan | 12:30pm

Women’s Canoe Single 200m – Heat 1: Megha Pradeep | 6:50am

Women’s Kayak Double 500m – Heat 1: Parvathy Geetha, Phairembam Soniya Devi | 7:10am

Men’s Kayak Double 500m – Heat 2: Prsanna Kumar CS, Prohit Baroi | 10:40am

Women’s Canoe Double 500m – Heat 2: Megha Pradeep, L Neha Devi | 11:00am

Eventing Individual, Cross Country – Final Day 2: Fouaad Mirza | 6:30am

Mixed Doubles – Round of 32: Manush Shah/Diya Chitale vs Chanul Kulappuwawadu/Bimandee Swarn (Sri Lanka) | 7:10am

Mixed Doubles – Round of 16: Manush Shah/Diya Chitale, subject to qualification | 10:15am

Mixed Doubles – Round of 16: Harmeet Desai/Yashaswini Ghorpade, subject to qualification | 10:15am

Men’s 200m Freestyle – Heat 2: Aneesh Sunil Kumar Gowda, Vedaant Madhavan | 7:03am

Men’s 100m Butterfly – Final: Rohit Benedicton, Sajan Prakash, subject to qualification | 1:38pm

Men’s 200m Freestyle – Final: Aneesh Sunil Kumar Gowda, Vedaant Madhavan, subject to qualification | 1:54pm

Men’s Sabre Individual – Pool Stage: Gisho Nidhi K.P. and Karan Singh | 8:15am onwards

Women’s Foil Individual – Round of 32, subject to qualification | 9:30am

Men’s Sabre Individual – Round of 32, subject to qualification | 9:50am

Women’s Foil Individual – Round of 16, subject to qualification | 10:05am

Men’s Sabre Individual – Round of 16, subject to qualification | 10:25am

Women’s Foil Individual – Quarterfinals, subject to qualification | 11:00am

Men’s Sabre Individual – Quarterfinals, subject to qualification | 11:00am

Women’s Foil Individual – Semifinals, subject to qualification | 12:50pm onwards

Men’s Sabre Individual – Semifinals, subject to qualification | 1:30pm onwards

Women’s Foil Individual – Medal Bout, subject to qualification | 2:10pm

Men’s Sabre Individual – Medal Bout, subject to qualification | 2:30pm

Men’s Team – Preliminary Round, Group A: India vs Bangladesh | 9:45am

Women’s 53kg – Final, Group A: Gyaneshwari Yadav | 1:30pm

Women’s Singles – Round of 32: Tanvi Khanna vs Kim Dami (Republic of Korea) | 11:15am

Men’s Singles – Round of 32: Veer Chotrani vs Mohamed Shamil Mukthar Wakeel (Sri Lanka) | 12:00pm