The Asian Games enters its penultimate day on Saturday, October 3, with India set for a packed schedule. Athletes will compete in golf, archery, wrestling, and sailing. India faces Pakistan in the men’s cricket gold medal match at 10 AM, while the men’s hockey team plays Malaysia at 3:30 PM.
The Asian Games enters its penultimate day on Saturday, with India set for a packed schedule across several sports and a number of medal opportunities. With the Games moving towards the October 4 closing ceremony, Indian athletes will look to add to the country’s medal tally in the final stretch of competition.
The day begins early with the final rounds of golf, followed by action in archery, taekwondo, wrestling, sailing, rugby sevens and volleyball. Wrestling will be particularly important, with Aman Sehrawat, Sagar Jaglan, Deepak Punia, Antim Panghal and Manisha Bhanwala scheduled to compete across different stages, including potential medal bouts later in the day.
Two major team finals will headline India’s campaign. At 10 AM, India face Pakistan in the men’s cricket gold medal match.
Later, at 3:30 PM, the men’s hockey team will take on Malaysia in the medal round. Archery and taekwondo could also bring further medal opportunities, making Saturday one of the busiest days of India’s Asian Games campaign.
Here's the full schedule for Indian athletes at the Asian Games 2026 for Saturday, October 3:
02:40 AM: Golf, women’s team, Round 4: Aditi Ashok, Diksha Dagar, Pranavi Sharath Urs
03:13 AM: Golf, women’s individual stroke play, Round 4: Diksha Dagar
03:24 AM: Golf, women’s individual stroke play, Round 4: Aditi Ashok
04:24 AM: Golf, women’s individual stroke play, Round 4: Pranavi Sharath Urs
04:45 AM: Golf, men’s team, Round 4: Yuvraj Sandhu, Veer Ahlawat, Saptak Talwar
05:30 AM: Archery, women’s recurve individual quarterfinal: Kumkum Anil Mohod vs Chaeyoung Kang, South Korea
05:42 AM: Taekwondo, women’s -57kg Round of 16: Kashish Malik vs Yujin Kim, South Korea
05:51 AM: Golf, men’s individual stroke play, Round 4: Yuvraj Sandhu
06:20 AM: Rugby Sevens, women’s 5th to 8th place qualification: India vs Singapore
06:30 AM: Taekwondo, women’s +67kg Round of 16: Jyoti Yadav vs Kannaluck Chuenchooklin, Thailand
06:30 AM: Archery, women’s recurve individual semifinal: Kumkum Anil Mohod, subject to qualification
06:40 AM: Golf, men’s individual stroke play, Round 4: Saptak Talwar
06:51 AM: Golf, men’s individual stroke play, Round 4: Veer Ahlawat
07:05 AM: Archery, women’s recurve individual bronze medal match: Kumkum Anil Mohod, subject to qualification
07:10 AM: Sailing, girls’ Dinghy/ILCA 4, Races 11 and 12: Mahi Verma
07:20 AM: Archery, women’s recurve individual gold medal match: Kumkum Anil Mohod, subject to qualification
07:23 AM: Wrestling, men’s 74kg freestyle pre-quarterfinal: Sagar Jaglan vs Tulga Tumur Ochir, Mongolia
07:25 AM: Wrestling, men’s 97kg freestyle pre-quarterfinal: Deepak Punia vs Junpeng Zhou, China
07:34 AM: Taekwondo, women’s -57kg quarterfinal: Kashish Malik, subject to qualification
07:53 AM: Wrestling, women’s 57kg pre-quarterfinal: Manisha Bhanwala vs Youngjin Kwon, South Korea
08:05 AM: Sailing, women’s windsurfing/IQFOIL, Races 11, 12 and 13: Katya Coelho
08:08 AM: Wrestling, women’s 53kg pre-quarterfinal: Antim Panghal vs Shugyla Omirbek, Kazakhstan
08:10 AM: Taekwondo, women’s +67kg quarterfinal: Jyoti Yadav, subject to qualification
08:29 AM: Wrestling, men’s 57kg freestyle pre-quarterfinal: Aman Sehrawat
08:36 AM: Wrestling, men’s 74kg freestyle quarterfinal: Sagar Jaglan, subject to qualification
08:38 AM: Wrestling, men’s 97kg freestyle quarterfinal: Deepak Punia, subject to qualification
08:55 AM: Wrestling, women’s 57kg quarterfinal: Manisha Bhanwala, subject to qualification
09:11 AM: Wrestling, women’s 53kg quarterfinal: Antim Panghal, subject to qualification
09:20 AM: Wrestling, men’s 57kg freestyle quarterfinal: Aman Sehrawat, subject to qualification
09:25 AM: Wrestling, men’s 97kg freestyle semifinal: Deepak Punia, subject to qualification
09:27 AM: Wrestling, men’s 74kg freestyle semifinal: Sagar Jaglan, subject to qualification
09:30 AM: Volleyball, men’s 5th place match: India vs Thailand
09:30 AM: Archery, men’s recurve individual quarterfinal: Dhiraj Bommadevara vs Amirkhon Sadikov, Uzbekistan
09:35 AM: Wrestling, women’s 57kg semifinal: Manisha Bhanwala, subject to qualification
09:43 AM: Wrestling, women’s 53kg semifinal: Antim Panghal, subject to qualification
09:44 AM: Wrestling, men’s 57kg freestyle semifinal: Aman Sehrawat, subject to qualification
09:50 AM: Wrestling, men’s 97kg freestyle repechage: Deepak Punia, if he loses to a finalist
10:00 AM: Cricket, men’s final, gold medal match: India vs Pakistan
10:00 AM: Wrestling, women’s 57kg repechage: Manisha Bhanwala, if she loses to a finalist
10:07 AM: Wrestling, men’s 74kg freestyle repechage: Sagar Jaglan, if he loses to a finalist
10:15 AM: Archery, men’s recurve individual quarterfinal: Neeraj Chauhan vs Lam Dorji, Bhutan
10:16 AM: Wrestling, women’s 53kg repechage: Antim Panghal, if she loses to a finalist
10:23 AM: Wrestling, men’s 57kg freestyle repechage: Aman Sehrawat, if he loses to a finalist
10:30 AM: Archery, men’s recurve individual semifinal: Dhiraj Bommadevara, subject to qualification
10:45 AM: Archery, men’s recurve individual semifinal: Neeraj Chauhan, subject to qualification
11:05 AM: Archery, men’s recurve individual bronze medal matches: Dhiraj Bommadevara / Neeraj Chauhan, subject to qualification
11:14 AM: Taekwondo, women’s -57kg semifinal: Kashish Malik, subject to qualification
11:20 AM: Archery, men’s recurve individual gold medal matches: Dhiraj Bommadevara / Neeraj Chauhan / Yashdeep Bhoge, subject to qualification
11:56 AM: Taekwondo, women’s +67kg semifinal: Jyoti Yadav, subject to qualification
12:35 PM: Rugby Sevens, women’s 7th to 8th place match: India, subject to qualification
01:00 PM: Rugby Sevens, women’s 5th to 6th place final: India, subject to qualification
01:10 PM: Taekwondo, women’s -57kg gold medal contest: Kashish Malik, subject to qualification
01:40 PM: Taekwondo, women’s +67kg gold medal contest: Jyoti Yadav, subject to qualification
02:37 PM: Wrestling, men’s 57kg freestyle bronze medal match: Aman Sehrawat, subject to qualification
02:44 PM: Wrestling, men’s 57kg freestyle gold medal match: Aman Sehrawat, subject to qualification
03:00 PM: Wrestling, men’s 74kg freestyle bronze medal match: Sagar Jaglan, subject to qualification
03:09 PM: Wrestling, men’s 74kg freestyle gold medal match: Sagar Jaglan, subject to qualification
03:18 PM: Wrestling, men’s 97kg freestyle bronze medal match: Deepak Punia, subject to qualification
03:30 PM: Hockey, men’s gold medal round: India vs Malaysia
03:38 PM: Wrestling, men’s 97kg freestyle gold medal match: Deepak Punia, subject to qualification
03:48 PM: Wrestling, women’s 53kg bronze medal match: Antim Panghal, subject to qualification
04:02 PM: Wrestling, women’s 53kg gold medal match: Antim Panghal, subject to qualification
04:09 PM: Wrestling, women’s 57kg bronze medal match: Manisha Bhanwala, subject to qualification
04:25 PM: Wrestling, women’s 57kg gold medal match: Manisha Bhanwala, subject to qualification