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India Faces Packed Asian Games Schedule With Medal Opportunities
India has a busy day at the Asian Games on September 20, 2026.
Indian athletes and teams will compete in several sports.
Quimcy Dsouza could win two bronze medals in teqball events.
India’s shooting team will compete in the women’s 10m air rifle events.
The women’s cricket team will play Bangladesh in a semifinal.
The women’s hockey team will face Uzbekistan, and the men’s team will play Indonesia.
Indian table tennis teams will face Indonesia, Singapore and Iran.
India’s women’s badminton team will meet Kazakhstan.
These events give India several chances to win medals and advance in team competitions.
Quimcy Joaquim Dsouza will contest women’s singles and mixed doubles bronze-medal matches.
Elavenil Valarivan, Sonam Uttam Maskar and Vidarsa K Vinod will compete in women’s 10m air rifle events.
India’s women’s cricket team will face Bangladesh in the T20 semifinal at 10:30 AM.
India’s women’s and men’s hockey teams will begin their campaigns against Uzbekistan and Indonesia.
Indian teams will also compete in table tennis and badminton group-stage matches.
- Who
- Indian athletes and teams, including Quimcy Joaquim Dsouza, the shooting contingent, cricket teams, hockey teams, table tennis teams and the women’s badminton team.
- What
- India will compete in medal events, a cricket semifinal, hockey openers and group-stage matches across several sports.
- Where
- When
- Sunday, September 20, 2026; the listed events begin at 6:15 AM.
- Why
- India will pursue medal opportunities, seek a place in the women’s T20 final and begin its hockey campaigns.
Key facts
- Date
- Sunday, September 20, 2026
- First listed event
- Women’s 10m air rifle events at 6:15 AM
- Quimcy Dsouza
- Women’s singles bronze-medal match at 6:30 AM and mixed doubles bronze-medal match at 7:00 AM
- Cricket
- India women versus Bangladesh in the second T20 semifinal at 10:30 AM
- Hockey
- India women versus Uzbekistan at 7:30 AM; India men versus Indonesia at 11:30 AM
- Table tennis
- India’s women’s team will face Indonesia and Singapore; the men’s team will face Indonesia and Iran
- Badminton
- India’s women’s team will face Kazakhstan in the first round at 11:30 AM
Sources
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