Asian Games, Sept 21 schedule: Women's cricket leads bid for first gold

India's women's cricket team takes centre stage on September 22 with a gold medal on the line against Sri Lanka. The defending champions have reached the final after a commanding campaign, and now stand one win away from retaining their Asian Games title. For India, it is also the clearest opportunity yet to open its gold-medal account in Aichi-Nagoya.Cricket, however, is only one part of a packed day for the Indian contingent. Shooting brings another major medal opportunity, with Elavenil Valarivan and Parth Rakesh Mane in the 10m air rifle mixed team event. Wushu's Langlentombi Devi Hanjabam will also compete in the women's Nanquan and Nandao finals, while India's badminton teams face Japan in the quarter-finals.There is further action across fencing, karate, swimming, boxing, kabaddi and hockey, with several Indian athletes looking to advance into medal rounds. The men's hockey team faces Sri Lanka, while the kabaddi side takes on South Korea. But the biggest prize of the day remains at the cricket ground. India will be chasing a second successive Asian Games gold in women's cricket, with a victory potentially delivering the country's first gold medal of these Games.Here's the full schedule for Indian athletes at the Asian Games 2026 for Tuesday, September 22:5:30 AM - Soft Tennis - Women’s Singles Group D Match 1 - Aadhya Tiwari vs Alisha Ziegler (Thailand)5:30 AM - Sepaktakraw - Men’s Team Regu Preliminary Group B - India vs Malaysia5:30 AM - Esports - Football (eFootball) Group F Match 1 - Daniel Patel, Chinmay Sahoo vs Uzbekistan5:45 AM - Equestrian - Eventing Team Dressage - Ashish Limaye, Fouaad Mirza, Arjan Nagra5:45 AM - Equestrian - Eventing Individual Dressage - Ashish Limaye, Fouaad Mirza, Arjan Nagra6:00 AM - Badminton - Women’s Team Quarterfinal - India vs Japan6:15 AM - Shooting - 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Qualification - Parth Rakesh Mane, Elavenil Valarivan6:29 AM - Wushu - Women’s Nanquan & Nandao Final - Hanjabam Langlentombi Devi6:30 AM - Shooting - Skeet Men’s Individual Qualification, Day 2 (50 Targets) - Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Bhavtegh Singh Gill, Mairaj Ahmad Khan6:30 AM - Shooting - Skeet Men’s Team Qualification, Day 2 (50 Targets) - Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Bhavtegh Singh Gill, Mairaj Ahmad Khan6:30 AM - Shooting - Skeet Women’s Individual Qualification, Day 2 (50 Targets) - Parinaaz Dhaliwal, Raiza Dhillon, Maheshwari Chauhan6:30 AM - Shooting - Skeet Women’s Team Qualification, Day 2 (50 Targets) - Parinaaz Dhaliwal, Raiza Dhillon, Maheshwari Chauhan6:30 AM - Table Tennis - Women’s Team Round of 16 - India vs Thailand6:30 AM onwards - Fencing - Men’s Foil Individual Pool Bouts - Sanasam Hemash Singh7:00 AM - Soft Tennis - Men’s Singles Group D Match 1 - Jay Meena vs Hussain Arain (Pakistan)7:15 AM - Kabaddi - Men’s Team Group A Game 4 - India vs Republic of Korea7:29 AM - Swimming - Men’s 1500m Final B - Aryan Nehra7:35 AM - Karate - Men’s Kumite -84kg Semifinal - Chetan Bhatt7:50 AM - Karate - Men’s Kumite -84kg Bronze Medal Bout - Chetan Bhatt, if qualified8:05 AM - Swimming - Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay Heat 2 - Rohit Benediction, Danush Suresh, Rishabh Das, Akash Mani8:15 AM onwards - Fencing - Women’s pe Individual Pool Bouts - Mitva Jesangbhai Chaudhari, Taniksha Khatri8:25 AM - Shooting - 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Final - Parth Rakesh Mane, Elavenil Valarivan (medal event)8:30 AM onwards - Boxing - Women’s 51kg Round of 32 - Sakshi vs Aira Villegas (Philippines)9:00 AM onwards - Table Tennis - Men’s Team Round of 16 - India vs TBC9:20 AM - Karate - Women’s Kumite -55kg Round of 16 - Alisha vs Cok Istri Agung Sanistyarani (Indonesia)9:30 AM - Soft Tennis - Men’s Singles Group C Match 2 - Aryan Thakur vs Bold-erdene Altangerel (Mongolia)9:40 AM - Karate - Women’s Kumite -55kg Quarterfinal - Alisha, if qualified9:55 AM - Karate - Women’s Kumite -55kg Semifinal - Alisha, if qualified10:00 AM - Fencing - Men’s Foil Individual Round of 32 - Sachin, if qualified10:00 AM - Fencing - Men’s Foil Individual Round of 32 - Sanasam Hemash Singh, if qualified10:15 AM - Karate - Women’s Kumite -55kg Repechage - Alisha, if qualified10:30 AM - Cricket - Women’s Final - India vs Sri Lanka (medal event)10:30 AM - Artistic Gymnastics - Women’s Qualification, Sub Division 2 - Pranati Nayak10:30 AM - Soft Tennis - Women’s Singles Group D Match 3 - Aadhya Tiwari vs Kainaat Shallwani (Pakistan)10:35 AM - Karate - Women’s Kumite -55kg Bronze Medal Bout - Alisha, if qualified10:40 AM - Fencing - Women’s pe Individual Round of 32 - Taniksha Khatri, Mitva Jesangbhai Chaudhari, if qualified11:20 AM - Fencing - Men’s Foil Individual Round of 16 - Sachin, Sanasam Hemash Singh, if qualified11:20 AM - Fencing - Women’s pe Individual Round of 16 - Taniksha Khatri, Mitva Jesangbhai Chaudhari, if qualified11:30 AM - Badminton - Men’s Team Quarterfinal - India vs Japan12:00 PM - Equestrian - Eventing Team Show Jumping - Ashish Limaye, Fouaad Mirza, Arjan Nagra12:00 PM - Equestrian - Eventing Individual Show Jumping - Ashish Limaye, Fouaad Mirza, Arjan Nagra12:00 PM - Soft Tennis - Men’s Singles Group C Match 3 - Aryan Thakur vs Po-Yi Chen (Chinese Taipei)12:00 PM - Fencing - Men’s Foil Individual Quarterfinals - Sachin, Sanasam Hemash Singh, if qualified12:00 PM - Fencing - Women’s pe Individual Quarterfinals - Taniksha Khatri, Mitva Jesangbhai Chaudhari, if qualified12:40 PM - Karate - Men’s Kumite -84kg Final - Chetan Bhatt, if qualified (medal event)12:50 PM - Karate - Women’s Kumite -55kg Final - Alisha, if qualified (medal event)1:30 PM onwards - Boxing - Men’s 55kg Round of 32 - Jadumani Singh Mandengbam vs Thapa Chandra Bahadur (Nepal)1:50 PM - Fencing - Men’s Foil Individual Semifinal - Sachin, if qualified2:00 PM - Esports - Football (eFootball) Group F Match 3 - Daniel Patel, Chinmay Sahoo vs Mongolia2:10 PM - Fencing - Men’s Foil Individual Semifinal - Sanasam Hemash Singh, if qualified2:30 PM - Fencing - Women’s pe Individual Semifinal - Taniksha Khatri, if qualified2:30 PM onwards - Wushu - Women’s Sanda 60kg Quarterfinal - Roshibina Devi2:30 PM onwards - Wushu - Men’s Sanda 56kg Quarterfinal - Aryan2:50 PM - Fencing - Women’s pe Individual Semifinal - Mitva Jesangbhai Chaudhari, if qualified2:55 PM - Swimming - Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay Final - Rohit Benediction, Danush Suresh, Rishabh Das, Akash Mani, if qualified (medal event)3:10 PM - Fencing - Men’s Foil Individual Medal Bout - Sachin, if qualified (medal event)3:10 PM - Fencing - Men’s Foil Individual Medal Bout - Sanasam Hemash Singh, if qualified (medal event)3:30 PM - Hockey - Men’s Pool A Match 6 - India vs Sri Lanka3:30 PM - Fencing - Women’s pe Individual Medal Bout - Taniksha Khatri, if qualified (medal event)3:30 PM - Fencing - Women’s pe Individual Medal Bout - Mitva Jesangbhai Chaudhari, if qualified (medal event) - EndsPublished By: Amar PanickerPublished On: Sep 21, 2026 20:54 IST