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After
a successful opening day for India in the 2026 Asian Games, let’s look forward to a packed Day 2, with medal events in swimming, shooting, soft tennis and wushu.
Swimming
- 6:32 AM Men’s 50m Backstroke Heats – Rishabh Das, Srihari Nataraj
- 6:46 AM Men’s 50m Freestyle Heats – Akash Mani
- 6:50 AM Men’s 50m Freestyle Heats – Heer Gitesh Shah
- 7:10 AM Men’s 100m Breaststroke Heats – Danush Suresh
- 7:44 AM Men’s 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay Heats – India
- 1:30 PM IST Men’s 50m Backstroke Final – Rishabh Das (Subject to qualification), Srihari Nataraj (Subject to qualification)
- 1:42 PM IST Men’s 50m Freestyle Final – Akash Mani (Subject to qualification), Heer Gitesh Shah (Subject to qualification)
- 2:08 PM IST Men’s 100m Breaststroke Final – Danush Suresh (Subject to qualification)
- 2:43 PM IST Men’s 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay Final – India (Subject to qualification)
Badminton
- 11:30 AM IST, Men’s Team Badminton Round of 16: India vs Bangladesh
Boxing
- From 8:30 AM IST onwards
- Men’s 70kg Round of 32: Sumit vs Bunjong Sinsiri (Thailand)
MMA
- 8:30 AM IST onwards, Women’s Traditional -60kg semifinals: Suchika Tariyal vs Teo Hui Hoon (Singapore)
Hockey
- 9:30 AM IST, Women’s Hockey Pool B Match: India vs Indonesia
Kabaddi
- 9:45 AM IST, Kabaddi Men’s Team Group A Match: India vs Japan
- 4:15 PM IST, Kabaddi Women’s Team Group A: India vs Bangladesh
Sepaktakraw
- 5:30 AM IST, Men’s Team Regu Group B Match: India vs Japan
Shooting
- 6:15 AM IST: 10m Air Rifle Men Individual Qualification & Team Final – Himanshu Dhillon, Parth Mane, Rudrankksh Patil
- 6:30 AM IST: Skeet Men Individual Qualification & Team Final Day 1 – Bhavtegh Singh Gill, Mairaj Ahmad Khan, Anant Jeet Singh Naruka
- 6:30 AM IST: Skeet Women Individual Qualification Day 1 & Team Final – Maheshwari Chauhan, Parinaaz Dhaliwal, Raiza Dhillon
- 9 AM IST: 10m Air Rifle Men Individual Final – Himanshu Dhillon (Subject to qualification), Parth Mane (Subject to qualification), Rudrankksh Patil (Subject to qualification)
Table Tennis
- 6:30 AM IST Women’s Team Group F Match: India vs Pakistan
- 3:30 PM IST Men’s Team Group F Match: India vs Pakistan
Soft Tennis
- 5:30 AM IST, Mixed Doubles Group B Match: Aadhya Tiwari/Jay Meena vs Viva Chao/Chanroseka Khun (Cambodia)
- 6:30 AM IST, Mixed Doubles Group B Match: Aadhya Tiwari/Jay Meena vs Bud Nyamdorj/Enkhkhuslen Ganbaatar (Mongolia)
- 7:30 AM IST, Mixed Doubles Group B Match: Aadhya Tiwari/Jay Meena vs Kim Yeon-hwa/Park Jaekyu (Korea)
- 9 AM IST, Mixed Doubles First Round (Subject to qualification)
- 10:30 AM IST, Mixed Doubles Quarterfinals (Subject to qualification)
- 12 noon IST, Mixed Doubles Semifinals (Subject to qualification)
- 1:30 PM IST, Mixed Doubles Final (Subject to qualification)
Wushu
- 5:30 AM IST Women’s Changquan Final – Nyeman Wangsu
- 3:00 PM IST onwards Women’s 60kg 1/8 Finals – Roshibina Devi vs Most Shika Khatun (Bangladesh)
- 3:50 PM IST onwards Men’s 56kg 1/8 Finals – Aryan vs Shahzada Safi (Afghanistan)
