India at Asian Games 2026: Full Schedule, Events and Key Medal Battles on September 30

September 30 promises to be another packed day for India at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games 2026, with action spread across golf, archery, shooting, cycling, squash, wrestling, tennis, boxing, canoe slalom, sailing, judo, hockey and sports climbing.

The official schedule lists 87 India-related entries across the day, with several events carrying the potential for medals. The action begins in the early morning in India and continues well into the evening, with the women’s hockey semifinal against South Korea among the biggest fixtures of the day. For Indian viewers, the first events begin at 3:00 AM IST, while the final scheduled event featuring India is Joga Purty’s women’s speed climbing final, subject to qualification, at 4:58 PM IST. The schedule notes that timings are subject to change.

The day begins with India's men's golf campaign. Veer Ahlawat, Saptak Talwar and Yuvraj Sandhu are scheduled to begin Round 1 of the men's individual stroke play at 3:00 AM IST at Kasugai Country Club. At 5:30 AM IST, India's League of Legends team takes on Hong Kong in Group B Match 1 at the Aichi Sky Expo Esport Competition Room. The Indian lineup comprises Aakash Shandilya, Ahmed Shahid Israr, Mihir Ranjan, Akshaj Shenoy, Sanindhya Malik and Rahul Bisht.

Women's quadrant sepaktakraw also begins at 5:30 AM IST, with India's team facing Vietnam in the preliminary Group A stage.

Archery and Shooting Take Centre Stage

One of the first major medal opportunities comes in women's compound team archery. Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Prithika Pradeep and Taniparthi Chikitha face the Republic of Korea in the semifinal at 5:55 AM IST. If they progress, the bronze-medal match is scheduled for 6:25 AM, followed by the gold-medal match at 6:50 AM.

Shooting begins at 6:10 AM IST, with Anish competing in the men's 25m rapid-fire pistol qualification Stage 1. The mixed-team trap qualification involving Kynan Chenai and Neeru is scheduled for 6:30 AM. The morning also brings track cycling, with Ronaldo Singh Laitonjam and David Beckham Elkatohchoongo scheduled for men's sprint qualifying at 6:30 AM.

At 6:30 AM IST, India's women's squash team begins its quarterfinal against Singapore. The listed Indian players include Anahat Singh and Jyotsna Chinappa, with the match scheduled at Nagoya Kinjo Futo Arena. The schedule then moves into wrestling, judo and canoe slalom. Nisha Dahiya's women's 68kg campaign begins at 7:00 AM IST, when she is scheduled to face North Korea's Sol Gum Pak in the qualification round.

Canoe slalom also has two men's semifinal entries at 7:00 AM, with Pradhyuman Singh Rathod and Hitesh Kewat competing in the men's kayak single. Judo's Asmita Dey enters the women's -48kg competition at 7:30 AM IST against Vietnam's HA Ngoc Chi. The schedule also lists potential quarterfinal, repechage and semifinal slots later in the session.

The tennis programme becomes important from 8:30 AM IST, when Dhakshineswar Suresh faces Chinese Taipei's Chun-hsin Tseng in the men's singles third round.

Sumit Nagal then faces Uzbekistan's Sergey Fomin at 9:30 AM. India's men's doubles teams are also scheduled for quarterfinals: Anirudh Chandrasekar and N Sriram Balaji face China's Fumin Jiang and Tianhui Zhang at 9:30 AM, while Yuki Bhambri and Dhakshineswar Suresh take on Chinese Taipei's Chenjui Ho and Yu-Hsiou Hsu at 10:00 AM. In canoe slalom, Rathod and Kewat have scheduled final slots at 10:00 AM IST, subject to qualification. Priya then takes on China's Yang Chengyu in the women's 60kg boxing semifinal at 10:15 AM.

Lovlina Borgohain follows at 10:45 AM, facing Kazakhstan's Natalya Bogdanova in the women's 75kg semifinal.

The middle of the day contains several important medal-stage events. India's men's squash team, featuring Abhay Singh, Veer Chotrani, Velavan Senthilkumar and Suraj Kumar Chand, faces Kuwait in the quarterfinal at 11:00 AM IST. Shooting's mixed-team trap final is also scheduled for 11:00 AM, subject to qualification.

At 11:25 AM, Taniparthi Chikitha and Sahil Rajesh Jadhav compete in the compound mixed-team semifinal against Thailand. Potential bronze- and gold-medal matches follow at 8:50 AM and 9:15 AM IST respectively, depending on qualification. Boxing continues at 12:00 PM, with Kapil Pokhariya facing Uzbekistan's Turabek Khabibullaev in the men's 90kg semifinal.

The biggest team-sport fixture of the day arrives at 3:30 PM IST. India's women's hockey team faces South Korea in the Asian Games semifinal at Gifu Prefectural Green Stadium. The match is scheduled for 7:00 PM local time in Japan, corresponding to 3:30 PM IST.

With a place in the final at stake, the fixture is one of India's most important matches of the Games. The evening also features potential medal bouts in wrestling and judo. Sunil Kumar has a scheduled 87kg Greco-Roman wrestling medal match at 2:51 PM IST, while Nisha Dahiya has a women's 68kg medal match listed for 3:48 PM IST, subject to qualification. Asmita Dey's potential bronze-medal match is at 1:30 PM, followed by the final at 1:50 PM.

The final scheduled Indian appearances come in women's speed climbing.

Joga Purty is listed for the quarterfinal round at 4:36 PM IST, followed by a potential semifinal at 4:40 PM and final at 4:58 PM IST, all subject to qualification.

For Indian fans, September 30 therefore offers a schedule that moves from early-morning golf and archery through a succession of qualification rounds, knockout contests and medal events before culminating in the women's hockey semifinal.

With multiple Indian athletes and teams reaching the decisive stages of their respective competitions, it is set to be one of the most consequential days of India's Asian Games campaign.

All timings are in IST. The official schedule states that timings are subject to change.