Asian Games schedule for Sunday, September 20: Medal events, match timings and more

Asian Games 2026: India's schedule on Sunday, September 20, features several high-profile contests and medal opportunities, with the women's cricket semifinal against Bangladesh, hockey clashes against Uzbekistan and Indonesia, and two teqball bronze-medal matches among the key events.

In Short

• India face a packed day across nine sports in Asiad for September 20
• Quimcy Dsouza targets two teqball bronze medals
• India take on Bangladesh in the women's cricket semifinal

Sunday, September 20, promises a packed day for India at the 2026 Asian Games, with women's cricket, hockey, shooting and teqball among the key attractions. India's women's cricket team will take on Bangladesh in the semifinal, while the women's and men's hockey teams begin their respective group-stage campaigns. In teqball, Quimcy Joaqim Dsouza will have two chances to fight for a bronze medal, in the women's singles and mixed doubles. A medal here could result in India's first in the quadrennial event.

There will be plenty of other Indian athletes in action across the day, beginning with Suchika Tariyal in the women's traditional -60kg MMA quarterfinal and Suraj Singh Mayanglambam in the men's changquan final for Wushu.

In shooting, the women's 10m air rifle team will also be chasing a medal, while India's table tennis teams, swimmers and women's badminton team continue their campaigns.

The action will continue into the afternoon with more hockey, table tennis and wushu contests, while India's swimmers could feature in the finals if they progress from their heats. Vikrant Baliyan and Aparna will also be in wushu action as India looks to add to its medal tally and keep athletes progressing across disciplines.

Here's the full schedule for Indian athletes at the Asian Games 2026 for Sunday, September 20:

• 5:10 AM - Mixed Martial Arts - Women's Traditional -60kg Quarterfinals - Suchika Tariyal vs Altan Baigalmaa
• 5:30 AM - Wushu - Men's Changquan Final - Suraj Singh Mayanglambam
• 5:30 AM - Sepaktakraw - Men's Team Regu Group Stages
• 6:15 AM - Shooting - 10m Air Rifle Women's Individual Qualification - Sonam Uttam Maskar, Vidarsa Kochalumkal Vinod, Elavenil Valarivan
• 6:15 AM - Shooting - 10m Air Rifle Women's Team Final - Sonam Uttam Maskar, Vidarsa Kochalumkal Vinod, Elavenil Valarivan
• 6:30 AM: Table Tennis - Women's Team Group F - India vs Indonesia
• 6:30 AM - Teqball - Women's Singles Bronze Medal match - Quimcy Joaqim Dsouza
• 7:00 AM - Teqball - Mixed Doubles Bronze Medal match - Quimcy Joaqim Dsouza, Mohamed Anas Imran
• 7:22 AM: Swimming - Men's 100m Freestyle - Heat 5 - Akash Mani and Benedicton Beniston
• 7:30 AM: Hockey - Women's Pool B - India vs Uzbekistan
• 7:37 AM: Swimming - Men's 100m Backstroke - Heat 3 - Utkarsh Patil, Rishabh Das
• 9:00 AM: Table Tennis - Men's Team Group F - India vs Indonesia
• 10:30 AM: Cricket - Women's Semifinal - India vs Bangladesh
• 11:00 AM - Mixed Martial Arts - Men's Traditional -77kg Quarterfinals - Varun Sanyal
• 11:00 AM - Shooting - 10m Air Rifle Women's Individual Final - Sonam Uttam Maskar, Vidarsa Kochalumkal Vinod, Elavenil Valarivan - if qualified
• 11:30 AM: Badminton - Badminton - Women's Team Round 1 - India vs Kazakhstan
• 11:30 AM: Hockey - Men's Pool A - India vs Indonesia
• 12:30 PM: Table Tennis - Women's Team Group F - India vs Singapore
• After 2:30 PM: Wushu - Women's 52kg 1/8 Finals - Aparna
• After 2:30 PM: Wushu - Men's 75kg 1/8 Finals - Vikrant Baliyan
• 2:43 PM: Swimming - Men's 100m Freestyle - Final - Akash Mani and Benedicton Beniston - If Qualifed
• 2:43 PM: Swimming - Men's 100m Backstroke - Final - Utkarsh Patil, Rishabh Das - If Qualifed
• 3:00 PM: Table Tennis - Men's Team Group F - India vs Iran

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