Archive · 20 Sep 2026
India Begins Asian Games Day Two With Medal Chances
India has a busy second day at the Asian Games on Sunday, September 20, 2026.
Quimcy Dsouza will have two chances to win a bronze medal in teqball.
Indian shooters will compete for individual and team medals in the women’s 10m air rifle events.
India’s women’s cricket team will play Bangladesh in a semifinal.
If India wins, it will reach the final and continue its attempt to defend its title.
The women’s hockey team will play Uzbekistan, while the men’s team will face Indonesia.
Indian table tennis and badminton teams will also play group or first-round matches.
Other Indian competitors will take part in swimming, wushu and mixed martial arts.
The schedule includes events from early morning until the afternoon.
Quimcy Joaquim Dsouza will contest women’s singles and mixed doubles teqball bronze-medal matches, with the mixed-doubles partner named differently across reports.
Elavenil Valarivan, Sonam Uttam Maskar and Vidarsa K Vinod will compete in women’s 10m air rifle qualifying, team and possible individual medal events.
India’s women’s cricket team will face Bangladesh in the second T20 semifinal at 10:30 AM while seeking a place in the final.
India’s women’s and men’s hockey teams will open their campaigns against Uzbekistan and Indonesia at 7:30 AM and 11:30 AM, respectively.
Indian athletes and teams will also compete in mixed martial arts, wushu, swimming, table tennis and women’s badminton throughout September 20.
- Who
- Indian athletes and teams, including Quimcy Joaquim Dsouza, the shooting contingent, cricket teams, hockey teams, table tennis teams, the women’s badminton team, and competitors in swimming, wushu and mixed martial arts.
- What
- India will compete in teqball bronze-medal matches, shooting medal events, a women’s cricket semifinal, hockey pool matches and other qualifying or group-stage events.
- When
- Sunday, September 20, 2026; the listed events run from 5:10 AM to 4:50 PM IST.
- Where
- At the Asian Games 2026 venues; specific venues are not provided.
- Why
- Indian athletes will pursue medals, while Indian teams will seek advancement in cricket and begin or continue their respective competitions.
- Date
- Sunday, September 20, 2026
- First listed event
- Suchika Tariyal’s women’s traditional 60kg mixed martial arts quarterfinal at 5:10 AM IST
- Teqball
- Quimcy Dsouza faces Japan’s Yuina Sakamoto in the women’s singles bronze-medal match at 6:30 AM; the mixed doubles bronze match is at 7:00 AM
- Shooting
- Elavenil Valarivan, Sonam Uttam Maskar and Vidarsa K Vinod compete in women’s 10m air rifle events from 6:15 AM
- Cricket
- India women face Bangladesh in the second T20 semifinal at 10:30 AM
- Hockey
- India women face Uzbekistan at 7:30 AM, and India men face Indonesia at 11:30 AM
- Other team events
- India’s table tennis teams face Indonesia, Singapore and Iran; the women’s badminton team faces Kazakhstan at 11:30 AM
