The Asian Games enters its penultimate day on Saturday, with India set for a packed schedule across several sports and a number of medal opportunities. With the Games moving towards the October 4 closing ceremony, Indian athletes will look to add to the country’s medal tally in the final stretch of competition.
The day begins early with the final rounds of golf, followed by action in archery, taekwondo, wrestling, sailing, rugby sevens and volleyball. Wrestling will be particularly important, with Aman Sehrawat, Sagar Jaglan, Deepak Punia, Antim Panghal and Manisha Bhanwala scheduled to compete across different stages, including potential medal bouts later in the day.
Two major team finals will headline India’s campaign. At 10 AM, India face Pakistan in the men’s cricket gold medal match.
Later, at 3:30 PM, the men’s hockey team will take on Malaysia in the medal round. Archery and taekwondo could also bring further medal opportunities, making Saturday one of the busiest days of India’s Asian Games campaign.
Here’s the full schedule for Indian athletes at the Asian Games 2026 for Saturday, October 3:
- 02:40 AM: Golf, women’s team, Round 4: Aditi Ashok, Diksha Dagar, Pranavi Sharath Urs
- 03:13 AM: Golf, women’s individual stroke play, Round 4: Diksha Dagar
- 03:24 AM: Golf, women’s individual stroke play, Round 4: Aditi Ashok
- 04:24 AM: Golf, women’s individual stroke play, Round 4: Pranavi Sharath Urs
- 04:45 AM: Golf, men’s team, Round 4: Yuvraj Sandhu, Veer Ahlawat, Saptak Talwar
- 05:30 AM: Archery, women’s recurve individual quarterfinal: Kumkum Anil Mohod vs Chaeyoung Kang, South Korea
- 05:42 AM: Taekwondo, women’s -57kg Round of 16: Kashish Malik vs Yujin Kim, South Korea
- 05:51 AM: Golf, men’s individual stroke play, Round 4: Yuvraj Sandhu
- 06:20 AM: Rugby Sevens, women’s 5th to 8th place qualification: India vs Singapore
- 06:30 AM: Taekwondo, women’s +67kg Round of 16: Jyoti Yadav vs Kannaluck Chuenchooklin, Thailand
- 06:30 AM: Archery, women’s recurve individual semifinal: Kumkum Anil Mohod, subject to qualification
- 06:40 AM: Golf, men’s individual stroke play, Round 4: Saptak Talwar
- 06:51 AM: Golf, men’s individual stroke play, Round 4: Veer Ahlawat
- 07:05 AM: Archery, women’s recurve individual bronze medal match: Kumkum Anil Mohod, subject to qualification
- 07:10 AM: Sailing, girls’ Dinghy/ILCA 4, Races 11 and 12: Mahi Verma
- 07:20 AM: Archery, women’s recurve individual gold medal match: Kumkum Anil Mohod, subject to qualification
- 07:23 AM: Wrestling, men’s 74kg freestyle pre-quarterfinal: Sagar Jaglan vs Tulga Tumur Ochir, Mongolia
- 07:25 AM: Wrestling, men’s 97kg freestyle pre-quarterfinal: Deepak Punia vs Junpeng Zhou, China
- 07:34 AM: Taekwondo, women’s -57kg quarterfinal: Kashish Malik, subject to qualification
- 07:53 AM: Wrestling, women’s 57kg pre-quarterfinal: Manisha Bhanwala vs Youngjin Kwon, South Korea
- 08:05 AM: Sailing, women’s windsurfing/IQFOIL, Races 11, 12 and 13: Katya Coelho
- 08:08 AM: Wrestling, women’s 53kg pre-quarterfinal: Antim Panghal vs Shugyla Omirbek, Kazakhstan
- 08:10 AM: Taekwondo, women’s +67kg quarterfinal: Jyoti Yadav, subject to qualification
- 08:29 AM: Wrestling, men’s 57kg freestyle pre-quarterfinal: Aman Sehrawat
- 08:36 AM: Wrestling, men’s 74kg freestyle quarterfinal: Sagar Jaglan, subject to qualification
- 08:38 AM: Wrestling, men’s 97kg freestyle quarterfinal: Deepak Punia, subject to qualification
- 08:55 AM: Wrestling, women’s 57kg quarterfinal: Manisha Bhanwala, subject to qualification
- 09:11 AM: Wrestling, women’s 53kg quarterfinal: Antim Panghal, subject to qualification
- 09:20 AM: Wrestling, men’s 57kg freestyle quarterfinal: Aman Sehrawat, subject to qualification
- 09:25 AM: Wrestling, men’s 97kg freestyle semifinal: Deepak Punia, subject to qualification
- 09:27 AM: Wrestling, men’s 74kg freestyle semifinal: Sagar Jaglan, subject to qualification
- 09:30 AM: Volleyball, men’s 5th place match: India vs Thailand
- 09:30 AM: Archery, men’s recurve individual quarterfinal: Dhiraj Bommadevara vs Amirkhon Sadikov, Uzbekistan
- 09:35 AM: Wrestling, women’s 57kg semifinal: Manisha Bhanwala, subject to qualification
- 09:43 AM: Wrestling, women’s 53kg semifinal: Antim Panghal, subject to qualification
- 09:44 AM: Wrestling, men’s 57kg freestyle semifinal: Aman Sehrawat, subject to qualification
- 09:50 AM: Wrestling, men’s 97kg freestyle repechage: Deepak Punia, if he loses to a finalist
- 10:00 AM: Cricket, men’s final, gold medal match: India vs Pakistan
- 10:00 AM: Wrestling, women’s 57kg repechage: Manisha Bhanwala, if she loses to a finalist
- 10:07 AM: Wrestling, men’s 74kg freestyle repechage: Sagar Jaglan, if he loses to a finalist
- 10:15 AM: Archery, men’s recurve individual quarterfinal: Neeraj Chauhan vs Lam Dorji, Bhutan
- 10:16 AM: Wrestling, women’s 53kg repechage: Antim Panghal, if she loses to a finalist
- 10:23 AM: Wrestling, men’s 57kg freestyle repechage: Aman Sehrawat, if he loses to a finalist
- 10:30 AM: Archery, men’s recurve individual semifinal: Dhiraj Bommadevara, subject to qualification
- 10:45 AM: Archery, men’s recurve individual semifinal: Neeraj Chauhan, subject to qualification
- 11:05 AM: Archery, men’s recurve individual bronze medal matches: Dhiraj Bommadevara / Neeraj Chauhan, subject to qualification
- 11:14 AM: Taekwondo, women’s -57kg semifinal: Kashish Malik, subject to qualification
- 11:20 AM: Archery, men’s recurve individual gold medal matches: Dhiraj Bommadevara / Neeraj Chauhan / Yashdeep Bhoge, subject to qualification
- 11:56 AM: Taekwondo, women’s +67kg semifinal: Jyoti Yadav, subject to qualification
- 12:35 PM: Rugby Sevens, women’s 7th to 8th place match: India, subject to qualification
- 01:00 PM: Rugby Sevens, women’s 5th to 6th place final: India, subject to qualification
- 01:10 PM: Taekwondo, women’s -57kg gold medal contest: Kashish Malik, subject to qualification
- 01:40 PM: Taekwondo, women’s +67kg gold medal contest: Jyoti Yadav, subject to qualification
- 02:37 PM: Wrestling, men’s 57kg freestyle bronze medal match: Aman Sehrawat, subject to qualification
- 02:44 PM: Wrestling, men’s 57kg freestyle gold medal match: Aman Sehrawat, subject to qualification
- 03:00 PM: Wrestling, men’s 74kg freestyle bronze medal match: Sagar Jaglan, subject to qualification
- 03:09 PM: Wrestling, men’s 74kg freestyle gold medal match: Sagar Jaglan, subject to qualification
- 03:18 PM: Wrestling, men’s 97kg freestyle bronze medal match: Deepak Punia, subject to qualification
- 03:30 PM: Hockey, men’s gold medal round: India vs Malaysia
- 03:38 PM: Wrestling, men’s 97kg freestyle gold medal match: Deepak Punia, subject to qualification
- 03:48 PM: Wrestling, women’s 53kg bronze medal match: Antim Panghal, subject to qualification
- 04:02 PM: Wrestling, women’s 53kg gold medal match: Antim Panghal, subject to qualification
- 04:09 PM: Wrestling, women’s 57kg bronze medal match: Manisha Bhanwala, subject to qualification
- 04:25 PM: Wrestling, women’s 57kg gold medal match: Manisha Bhanwala, subject to qualification
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