Indian women’s cricket team will be in focus on September 22 as it takes on Sri Lanka in the Asian Games final, with a gold medal at stake.The defending champions have reached the final after a strong run in the tournament and are now one win away from retaining their Asian Games title. Victory would also give India its first gold medal of the Aichi-Nagoya Games.Shooting offers another medal opportunity for India, with Elavenil Valarivan and Parth Rakesh Mane competing in the 10m air rifle mixed team event.In wushu, Langlentombi Devi Hanjabam will compete in the women’s Nanquan and Nandao finals.India’s men’s and women’s badminton teams will face Japan in the quarterfinals.Indian athletes will also compete across fencing, karate, swimming and boxing, with several events offering a chance to move into the medal rounds.In hockey, the Indian men’s team will face Sri Lanka, while the kabaddi team takes on South Korea.While India has a busy schedule across several sports, the women’s cricket final remains the biggest event of the day, with the team aiming to defend its Asian Games title and open India’s gold-medal account in 2026 Asian Games.
India’s full schedule for September 22:
- 4:30am: Equestrian – Fouaad Mirza/Camouflage 38 and Arjan Nagra/Cooley Goodwood in Dressage event.
- 5:30am: Sepaktakraw – India vs Malaysia in men’s team Regu Group B.
- 5:30am: Soft Tennis – Aadhya Tiwari vs Alisha Ziegler (Thailand) in women’s singles Group D.
- 6:00am: Badminton – India vs Japan in women’s team quarterfinal.
- 6:15am: Shooting – Elavenil Valarivan and Parth Mane in 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team qualification and medal matches.
- 6:29am: Wushu – Langlentombi Devi Hanjabam in women’s Nanquan final.
- 6:30am: Shooting – Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Mairaj Khan, Bhavtegh Singh Gill in skeet men’s individual qualification and men’s team final, Day 2.
- 6:30am: Shooting – Raiza Dhillon, Parinaaz Dhaliwal, Maheshwari Chauhan in skeet women’s individual qualification and women’s team final, Day 2.
- 6:30am: Table Tennis – India vs Thailand in women’s team round of 16.
- 6:30 a.m onwards.: Fencing – Sachin and Hemash Singh in men’s individual foil bouts; Mitva Chaudhari and Tanishka Khatri women’s epee pool bouts. Followed by quarterfinals, semifinals and finals.
- 7:00am: Soft Tennis – Jay Meena vs Hussain Arain (Pakistan) in men’s singles Group D.
- 7:15am: Kabaddi – India vs South Korea in men’s Group A.
- 7:29am: Swimming – Aryan Nehra in men’s 1500m freestyle final B.
- 7:35am: Karate – Chetan Bhatt vs TBC in men’s Kumite -84kg. semifinals.
- 8:05am: Swimming – Rishabh Das, Akash Mani, Benediction Beniston and Dhanush Suresh in Men’s 4x100m medley relay heats.
- 8:15am: Fencing – Taniksha Khatri and Prachi Lohan in women’s individual epee.
- 9:00am: Boxing – Sakshi Chaudhary vs Aira Villegas (Phillippines) in women’s 51kg round of 32.
- 9:20am: Karate – Alisha Choudhary vs Cok Istri Agung Sanistyarani (Indonesia) in women’s Kumite -55kg round of 16.
- 9:30am: Soft Tennis – Aryan Thakur vs Bold-erdene Altangerel (Mongolia) in men’s singles Group C.
- 9:30am: Equestrian – Fouaad Mirza/Camouflage 38 and Arjan Nagra/Cooley Goodwood in Cross Country.
- 10:04am: Karate – Alisha Choudhary in women’s Kumite -55kg round quarterfinal match (if she qualifies).
- 10:30am: Boxing – Jadumani Singh vs Chandra Bahadur Thapa (Nepal) in men’s 55kg round of 32.
- 10:30am: Soft Tennis – Aadhya Tiwari vs Kainaat Shallwani (Pakistan) in women’s singles Group D.
- 10:30am: Cricket – India vs Sri Lanka in women’s gold medal match.
- 10:35pm: Karate – Chetan Bhatt in men’s Kumite -84kg final (if he qualifies).
- 10:40am: Karate – Alisha Choudhary in women’s Kumite -55kg round bronze medal match (if she qualifies).
- 11:30am: Badminton – India vs Japan in men’s team quarterfinal.
- 11:59am: Wushu – Langlentombi Devi Hanjabam in women’s Nandao final.
- 12:00pm: Soft Tennis – Aryan Thakur vs Chen Po-Yi (Chinese Taipei) in men’s singles Group C.
- 12:40pm: Karate – Chetan Bhatt in men’s Kumite -84kg final (if he qualifies).
- 12:50pm: Karate – Alisha Choudhary in women’s Kumite -55kg round gold medal match (if she qualifies).
- Around 3:15pm: Wushu – Roshibina Devi vs vs Man Sin Chu (Macao, China) in women’s 60kg quarterfinal.
- 3:30pm: Hockey – India vs Sri Lanka in men’s Pool A.
