India’s Asian Games Day 10: A Packed Monday of Medal Chances

India's campaign at the Asian Games 2026 continues on Monday, September 28, with athletes competing across 13 disciplines in Aichi-Nagoya.

Several Indian medal contenders will be in action on Day 10, with athletics, shooting and kurash featuring medal events. The Indian men's cricket team will also begin its knockout campaign against Afghanistan, while the men's hockey team faces Bangladesh in the pool stage.

Here is the complete schedule of Indian athletes and teams in action on September 28, with all timings in IST.

Asian Games 2026 Day 10: Athletics schedule

Athletics will be one of the biggest medal-bearing disciplines for India on Monday, with several finals scheduled through the afternoon.

• 2:35 PM - Women's Discus Throw Final: Seema, Sanya Yadav
• 3:09 PM - Mixed 4x100m Relay Round 1, Heat 2: India
• 3:53 PM - Women's 400m Hurdles Final: Vithya Ramraj, Anu Raghavan
• 4:03 PM - Men's 400m Hurdles Final: Santhosh Kumar Tamilarasan
• 4:13 PM - Men's 3000m Steeplechase Final: Avinash Sable
• 4:25 PM - Men's Long Jump Final: David Solomon Patturaj, Murali Sreeshankar
• 4:35 PM - Men's 1500m Final: Yoonus Shah, Gulveer Singh
• 4:45 PM - Men's Javelin Throw Final: Rohit Yadav, Yash Vir Singh
• 4:50 PM - Women's 800m Round 1: Gowthami Jayaraman, Pooja
• 5:13 PM - Women's 5000m Final: Seema, Parul Chaudhary
• 6:01 PM - Men's 4x400m Relay Round 1, Heat 2: India
• 6:34 PM - Women's 4x100m Relay Final: India

Asian Games 2026 Day 10: Archery

India's compound archers will begin their individual knockout campaigns on Monday.

• 4:45 AM - Men's Compound Individual 1/16: Sahil Jadhav vs Jamiyangombo Purevdorj (Mongolia); Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru vs Sostar Andaru Rinaldi (Indonesia)
• 5:25 AM - Men's Compound Individual 1/8: Sahil Jadhav, Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru (subject to qualification)
• 9:45 AM - Women's Compound Individual 1/16: Jyothi Surekha Vennam vs Adel Zhexenbinova (Kazakhstan); Chikitha Taniparthi vs TBC
• 10:25 AM - Women's Compound Individual 1/8: Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Chikitha Taniparthi (subject to qualification)

Asian Games 2026 Day 10: Boxing

Three Indian boxers will be involved in quarterfinal bouts, with medals within reach.

• 1:30 PM - Women's 75kg Quarterfinal: Lovlina Borgohain vs Suyeon Seong (South Korea)
• 2:45 PM - Women's 60kg Quarterfinal: Priya Ghanghas vs Mijgona Samadova (Tajikistan)
• 3:45 PM - Men's 90kg Quarterfinal: Kapil Pokhariya vs Gichae Kim (South Korea)

Asian Games 2026 Day 10: Cricket

• 10:00 AM - Men's Quarterfinal: India vs Afghanistan

India will enter the knockout stage against Afghanistan, with a place in the semifinals at stake.

Asian Games 2026 Day 10: Hockey

• 3:30 PM - Men's Pool A: India vs Bangladesh

Asian Games 2026 Day 10: Kurash

Pincky Balhara is scheduled to begin her women's -78kg campaign, with a medal potentially on offer later in the day if she progresses.

• 8:00 AM - Women's -78kg Quarterfinal: Pincky Balhara vs TBC
• 10:30 AM - Women's -78kg Semifinal: Pincky Balhara (subject to qualification)
• 11:30 AM - Women's -78kg Final: Pincky Balhara (subject to qualification)

Asian Games 2026 Day 10: Shooting

India's shooters have multiple medal opportunities on Monday.

• 6:10 AM - Women's 25m Pistol Qualification and Team Final, Rapid Stage: Manu Bhaker, Esha Singh, Rahi Sarnobat
• 10:45 AM - Women's 25m Pistol Individual Final: Manu Bhaker, Esha Singh, Rahi Sarnobat (subject to qualification)
• 6:30 PM - Men's Trap Individual Qualification and Team Final, Day 2: Ahvar Rizvi, Kynan Chenai, Shapath Bharadwaj
• 6:30 PM - Women's Trap Individual Qualification and Team Final, Day 2: Maneesha Keer, Aashima Ahlawat, Neeru

Asian Games 2026 Day 10: Squash

India's men's and women's teams face strong opposition in the pool stage.

• 6:30 AM - Women's Team Pool C: India vs China
• 8:30 AM - Men's Team Pool A: India vs China
• 12:00 PM - Women's Team Pool C: India vs Japan
• 2:00 PM - Men's Team Pool A: India vs South Korea

Asian Games 2026 Day 10: Tennis

• 6:30 AM - Men's Singles, Second Round: Sumit Nagal vs Seongchan Hong (South Korea)
• Not before 11:00 AM - Women's Doubles, First Round: Ankita Raina/Rutuja Bhosale vs Anna Danilina/Yulia Putintseva (Kazakhstan)

Asian Games 2026 Day 10: Sailing

Indian sailors will compete across several opening and qualification series.

• 7:30 AM - Men's Dinghy Qualification Series: Vishnu Saravanan
• 7:30 AM - Men's Skiff Opening Series: Prince Kurisinkal Noble, Manu Francis
• 7:40 AM - Women's Dinghy Qualification Series: Nethra Kumanan
• 7:40 AM - Women's Skiff Opening Series: Harshita Tomar, Shital Verma
• 8:30 AM - Mixed Dinghy Opening Series: Shraddha Verma, Ravindra Kumar Sharma
• 10:40 AM - Girls' Dinghy Opening Series: Mahi Verma

Asian Games 2026 Day 10: Sepaktakraw

• 6:30 AM - Women's Double, Group B: India vs Japan
• 10:30 AM - Women's Double Semifinal: India (subject to qualification)

India's women's team of Prity Langoljam, Menenu Tsukru and Leirentonbi Devi Elangbam will begin their Group B campaign against Japan.

Asian Games 2026 Day 10: Volleyball

• 6:30 AM - Men's Pool C: India vs Hong Kong, China

Asian Games 2026 Day 10: Surfing

• 3:58 AM - Men's Shortboard Round 3, Heat 2: Sivaraj Babu vs Jayuard Alciso (Philippines)
• 6:46 AM - Men's Shortboard Round 3, Heat 8: Kishore Kumar Anbarasu vs Ma Wensong (China)
• 9:26 AM - Men's Shortboard Quarterfinals: Sivaraj Babu, Kishore Kumar Anbarasu (subject to qualification)

Day 10: Key events to watch

The busiest stretch for Indian athletes comes in the afternoon, when athletics finals overlap with boxing and cricket. Avinash Sable, Murali Sreeshankar, Gulveer Singh and the Indian javelin throwers will be among the key athletics names in action, while Lovlina Borgohain and Priya Ghanghas could move closer to boxing medals.

The day also begins early for India's shooters, archers, sailors and team-sport athletes, making Monday another packed day in India's Asian Games campaign.