India's Star Athletes Gear Up for Day 4 at Asian Games 2026
Exciting Day Ahead for Indian Athletes
On September 22, the Asian Games 2026 will see Olympic medalists Mirabai Chanu and Manu Bhaker leading India's efforts on Day 4. They will be joined by the Indian men's badminton team, which is set to compete against China in the semifinals. A host of Indian athletes are scheduled to participate, creating numerous opportunities for medals.
Manu Bhaker, a double Olympic medalist, will be a highlight in the shooting events, where she will join Suruchi Inder Singh and Esha Singh in the women's 10m air pistol individual qualification and team final, as reported by ESPN.
Weightlifting champion Mirabai Chanu will also be in action, competing in the women's 49kg medal event.
The day's events will kick off at 5:30 AM IST with India facing the Philippines in a men's team regu Group B match in sepaktakraw. Following that, at 5:40 AM IST, Balraj Panwar will participate in the men's single sculls heats in rowing.
Soft tennis player Jay Meena will compete against Sherwin Nuguit in the men's singles quarterfinal at 5:30 AM IST, while several Indian rowers will also be in heats starting at the same time.
At 6:00 AM IST, Satnam Singh and Salman Khan will take part in the men's doubles sculls heats.
The shooting events will see Manu Bhaker, Suruchi Inder Singh, and Esha Singh competing at 6:15 AM IST in the women's 10m air pistol individual qualification and team final.
At 6:30 AM IST, Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Mairaj Khan, and Bhavtegh Singh Gill will participate in the men's skeet individual and team final, while Raiza Dhillon, Parinaaz Dhaliwal, and Maheshwari Chauhan will compete in the women's skeet individual qualification and final.
Also at 6:30 AM IST, Harmeet Desai and Yashaswini Ghorpade will face Maldives' Mohamed Ismail and Fathimath Ali in the mixed doubles round two in table tennis.
In fencing, Mina Devi Naorem and Ashitha Stalinraj will compete in the women's foil individual events, while G Nidhi Kumaresan and Karan Singh will participate in the men's sabre individual events. The fencing bouts will include the round of 32, round of 16, quarterfinals, semifinals, and medal matches.
At 6:30 AM IST, Fouaad Mirza/Camouflage 38, Arjan Singh Nagra/Cooley Goodwood, and Ashish Limaye/Willy be Dun will compete in the eventing individual and team cross-country medal events in equestrian.
At 6:42 AM IST, Benedicton Beniston and Sajan Prakash will swim in the men's 100m butterfly heats.
At 6:50 AM IST, Jaswinder Singh and Nitin Kumar will compete in the men's pair heats in rowing.
At 7:01 AM IST, Vedaant Madhavan and Aneesh Sunil will participate in the men's 200m freestyle heats.
At 7:10 AM IST, Manush Shah and Diya Chitale will face Sri Lanka's Chanul Kulappuwawadu and Bimandee Swarna in the mixed doubles round two in table tennis.
Also at 7:10 AM IST, Gurbani Kaur, Aleena Anto, Tendenthoi Haobijam, and Poonam will compete in the women's four heats in rowing.
At 8:30 AM IST, India will take on Iran in the women's Group A kabaddi match.
At 9:00 AM IST, Manu Bhaker, Suruchi Inder Singh, and Esha Singh will compete in the women's 10m air pistol individual final, pending qualification.
At 9:40 AM IST, India's men's kabaddi team will face Bangladesh in their Group A match.
At 10:00 AM IST, Mirabai Chanu will compete in the women's 49kg medal event.
Around 10:30 AM IST, boxer Ankush will face Brunei's Hamsa Vogel in the men's 80kg round of 32 bout.
At the same time, Abhay Singh will take on Thailand's Arkaradet Arkarahirunya in the men's singles round of 32 in squash.
At 11:10 AM IST, Ajay Tyagi will compete in the men's lightweight single sculls heats in rowing.
At 11:15 AM IST, Tanvi Khanna will face Kim Dami in the women's singles round of 32 in squash.
At 11:20 AM IST, Rohit-Ujwal Kumar Singh will compete in the men's lightweight double sculls heats in rowing.
At 11:30 AM IST, the Indian women's hockey team will face Thailand in their Pool B match.
Simultaneously, the Indian men's badminton team will take on China in the semifinal.
At 12:00 PM IST, Veer Chotrani will face Sri Lanka's Samil Wakeel in the men's singles round of 32 in squash.
At 12:10 PM IST, Arvind Singh, Kulwinder Singh, Navdeep Singh, and Jakar Khan will compete in the men's quadruple sculls heats in rowing.
At 12:20 PM IST, Vipul Ghurde, Saurav Kumar, Babu Lal Yadav, and Yogesh Kumar will feature in the men's four heats in rowing.
At 1:30 PM IST, Gyaneshwari Yadav will compete in the women's 53kg weightlifting medal event.
At 1:38 PM IST, Benedicton Beniston and Sajan Prakash will feature in the men's 100m butterfly final, pending qualification.
At 1:54 PM IST, Vedaant Madhavan and Aneesh Sunil will compete in the men's 200m freestyle final, pending qualification.
The day's events will conclude with wushu action at 2:30 PM IST, where Roshibina Devi will face an opponent to be confirmed in the women's 60kg semifinal.
With a full schedule across various sports including shooting, weightlifting, badminton, hockey, kabaddi, rowing, swimming, squash, and wushu, Indian athletes are eager to enhance the nation's medal tally at this prestigious event.