Indian athletes will be in mouth-watering action on the third day at the Asian Games 2023 on Tuesday, September 26 in Hangzhou, China.

Fans will get the remarkable entertainment of the India vs Pakistan rivalry as the arch-rivals will be up against each other in the 5-6th playoff in men's volleyball event while the Indian squash team will kickstart their campaign against Pakistan in the group stages.

After a promising display on the second day, the Indian shooting team will once again be in focus as more medal opportunities await the 10m air rifle mixed team.

Star Fencer Bhavani Devi will also be aiming for a medal in the women’s individual sabre.

 

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Indian sailors will have a massive day with several events set to reach their conclusions. Olympians KC Ganapathy-Varun Thakkar (49er), Siddeshwar Indar Doiphode-Ramya Saravanan (Nacra 17), Sudhanshu Shekhar-Preeti Kongara - (470), Neha Thakur (ILCA4), Harshita Tomar-Shital Verma (49erFX) and Eabad Ali (Men RS:X) are all in with a medal chance.

Judokas Avtar Singh (men’s -100kg), Indubala Devi Maibam (women’s -78kg), and Tulika Maan (women’s +78kg) also have podium finishes up for grabs on the day.

Harmanpreet Singh-led men's hockey team kicked off their campaign with a monumental 16-0 win over Uzbekistan. They will look to carry the momentum forward in the tournament as they face Singapore in a Pool-A fixture.

 

Asian Games 2023 India schedule: 26 September

 

Boxing

Men’s 57kg Round of 32: Sachin Siwach (IND) vs Asri Udin (MAS) - 12:30 PM

Men’s 92+kg Round of 16: Narender (IND) vs Elchoro Uulu Oomatbek (KGZ) - 6:15 PM

 

Shooting

Men’s and women’s skeet qualification, individual and team phase 1 (Men’s: Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Gurjoat Singh Khangura, Angad Vir Singh Bajwa women’s: Parinaaz Dhaliwal, Ganemat Sekhon, Darshna Rathore) - 6:30 AM onwards

Women’s 25m pistol precision individual and team (Manu Bhaker, Rhythm Sangwan, Esha Singh) - 6:30 AM onwards

Medal event: 10m air rifle mixed team qualification, bronze medal matches and gold medal match (Divyansh Singh Panwar and Ramita) - 6:30 AM onwards

 

Equestrian

Medal event: Dressage Prix St-Georges team and individual (Hriday Chheda, Anush Agarwalla, Divyakriti Singh, Sudipti Hajela) - 5:30 AM onwards

 

Squash

Men’s team Pool A: India vs Singapore - 7:30 AM

Women’s team Pool B: India vs Pakistan - 7:30 AM

Men’s team Pool A: India vs Qatar - 4:30 PM

 

Fencing

Medal event: Women’s sabre individual (Bhavani Devi) - 6:30 AM onwards

 

Track cycling

Women’s team sprint qualifying, round 1 heats, and final (Shushikala Agashe, Celestina, Mayuri Dhanraj Lute, Triyasha Paul) - 7:30 AM onwards

Men’s team sprint qualifying, round 1 heats, and final (David Beckham Elkatohchoongo, Esow Alben, Ronaldo Singh Laitonjam, Rojit Singh Yanglem) - 7:30 AM onwards

Men’s team pursuit qualifying, round 1 heats and final (Venkappa Shivappa Kengalgutti, Dinesh Kumar, Manjeet Kumar, Neeraj Kumar, Vishavjeet Singh) - 7:30 AM onwards

 

Volleyball

Men’s classification 5th-6th match: India vs Pakistan - 4:00 PM

 

Chess

Men’s Individual rounds 5, 6, and 7 (Vidit Gujrathi and Arjun Erigaisi) - 12:30 PM onwards

Women’s individual rounds 5, 6, and 7 (Koneru Humpy and Harika Dronavalli) - 12:30 PM onwards

 

Esports

Street Fighter V: Champion Edition Round of 32 and bracket matches (Mayank Prajapati and Ayan Biswas) - 7:20 AM onwards

 

Hockey

Preliminary Men’s Pool A: India vs Singapore - 6:30 AM

 

Judo

Medal event: Men’s -100kg (Avtar Singh) - 7:30 AM onwards

Medal event: Women’s -78kg (Indubala Devi Maibam) - 7:30 AM onwards

Medal event: Women’s +78kg (Tulika Maan) - 7:30 AM onwards

 

Sailing

Medal events: Final races Mixed Multihull Nacra 17, Mixed Dinghy 470, Girl's Dinghy ILCA4, Boy's Dinghy ILCA4, Women's Skiff 49erFX, Women's Windsurfer RS:X, Men's Skiff 49er, Men's Windsurfer RS:X (multiple sailors) - 8:30 AM onwards

Qualifying races for various other categories (multiple sailors) - 8:30 AM onwards

 

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Swimming

Women’s 100m freestyle heats and final (Shivangi Sarma) - 7:30 AM onwards

Women’s 200m backstroke (Palak Joshi) - 7:30 AM onwards

Men’s 1500m freestyle fast and slow heats (Aryan Nehra, Kushagra Rawat) - 7:30 AM onwards

Men’s 4x100m medley relay heats and final (Team India) - 7:30 AM onwards

 

Tennis

Multiple singles and doubles matches (Ankita Raina, Rohan Bopanna, Rutuja Bhosale, Ramkumar Ramanathan, and more) - 7:30 AM onwards

 

Wushu

Men’s 70kg quarter-finals (Suraj Yadav) - 5:00 PM onwards

Men’s 60kg quarter-finals (Surya Bhanu Partap Singh) - 5:00 PM onwards