New Delhi, Aug 26: India will send a large and diverse contingent to the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, with athletes across more than 30 sports
set to represent the country at the continental showpiece.
The Sports Ministry has cleared 492 athletes across 35 disciplines for the Games, which will be held from September 19 to October 4. The contingent features established Olympic and Asian Games medallists alongside a new generation of athletes looking to make their mark on the continental stage.
India bagged a total of 107 medals at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. Indian athletes bagged a total of 28 Gold Medals, 38 Silver and 41 Bronze.
Team India's gold medal performances in China were led by shooting, athletics, archery, kabaddi, and cricket; followed by strong runner-up finishes across individual and team disciplines.
India's 492-member athlete contingent includes 265 men and 227 women, with the country's representation spread across 35 sports.
The men's squad includes established names such as Neeraj Chopra, Sumit Nagal, Lakshya Sen, Aman Sehrawat and Tajinderpal Toor, while the women's contingent is led by stars including Mirabai Chanu, PV Sindhu, Manu Bhaker, Lovlina Borgohain, Harmanpreet Kaur and Aditi Ashok. India's T20 World Cup men's cricket team, who are also the defending Asian Games champions, will be led by Shreyas Iyer.
Women athletes will compete across a wide range of disciplines, including athletics, boxing, wrestling, shooting, badminton, hockey, cricket, weightlifting and archery, underlining the growing depth of India's women's sporting programme. Harmanpreet Kaur - who led the Indian women's cricket team to gold medal glory in Hangzhou - will be leading the side in Japan as well.
Here is the complete list of Indian athletes and teams based on the contingent details shared by the Sports Ministry.
Archery - 12
Men: Dhiraj Bommadevara, Neeraj Chauhan, Yashdeep Bhoge, Sahil Jadhav, Kushal Dalal, T Ganesh Mani Ratnam
Women: Kirti Sharma, Kumukum Mohod, Ankita Bhakat, Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Chikitha Taniparthi, Prithika Pradeep
Athletics - 73
Men: Gurindervir Singh (100m), Animesh Kukur (100m-200m), Rajesh Ramesh (400m), Vishal TK (400m), Krishan Kumar (800m), Mohammad Afsal P (800m), Yoonus Shah (1500m), Gulveer Singh (1500m-5000m-10,000m), Abhishek Pal (5000m-10,000m), Tejas Shirse (110m Hurdles), Yashas P (400m Hurdles), Santhosh Kumar (400m Hurdles), Avinash Sable (3000m Steeplechase), Sreeshankar Murali (Long Jump), Shahnavaz Khan (Long Jump), Praveen Chithravel (Triple Jump), Karthik Unnikrishan (Triple Jump), Aadarsh Ram (High Jump), Sarvesh Kushare (High Jump), Kuldeep Kumar (Pole Vault), Dev Meena (Pole Vault), Neeraj Chopra (Javelin Throw), Rohit Yadav (Javelin Throw), Karanaveer Singh (Shot Put), Tajinderpal Toor (Shot Put), Damneet Singh (Hammer Throw), Pranav Gurav (4x100m), Mohammed Ashfaq (4x400m), Dharmveer Chaudhary (4x400m), Jay Kumar (4x400m), Manu TS (4x400m), Sawan Barwal (Marathon), Kartik Karkera (Marathon), N Thowfeeq (Decathlon), Tejaswin Shankar (Decathlon)
Women: Unnathi Bollanda (200m), Prachi (400m), Gowthami Jayaraman (800m), Pooja (800m), Pooja (1500m), Parul Chaudhary (1500m, 3000m Steeplechase, 5000m), Seema (5000m-10,000m), Nandhini K (100m Hurdles), Jyothi Yarraji (100m Hurdles), Anu R (400m Hurdles), Vithya Ramraj (400m Hurdles), Ankita (3000m Steeplechase), Shaili Singh (Long Jump), Ancy Sojan (Long Jump), Niharika Vashisht (Triple Jump), Pooja (High Jump), Supriya S (High Jump), Baranica Elangovan (Pole Vault), Manpreet Kaur (Shot Put), Krishna Jayashankar (Shot Put), Annu Rani (Javelin Throw), Seema (Discus Throw), Tanya Chaudhary (Hammer Throw), Anushka Yadav (Hammer Throw), Tamanna (4x100m), Nithya Gandhe (4x100m), Srabani Nanda (4x100m), Abinaya Rajarajan (4x100m), Sneha S.S (4x100m), Sudeshna Shivankar (4x100m), Rashdeep Kaur (4x400m), Ansa Babau (4x400m), Poovamma Raju (4x400m), Kumari Saloni (4x400m), Neeru Pathak (4x400m), Priyanka Goswami (Marathon Racewalk), Manju Rani (Marathon Race Walk), Pooja (Heptathlon), Anamika (Heptathlon)
Badminton - 20
Men: Lakshya Sen, Ayush Shetty, H. S. Prannoy, Kidambi Srikanth, Tharun Mannepalli, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty, Hariharan Amsakarunan, M. R. Arjun, Dhruv Kapila
Women: PV Sindhu, Unnati Hooda, Devika Sihag, Tanvi Sharma, Isharani Baruah, Treesa Jolly, Gayatri Gopichand Pullela, Kavipriya Selvam, Simran Singhi, Tanisha Crasto
Boxing - 11
Men: Jadumani Singh (55kg), Sachin Siwach (60kg), Sumit Kundu (70kg), Ankush (80kg), Kapil (90kg), Narender Berwal (90+kg)
Women: Sakshi Chaudhary (51kg), Preeti Pawar (54kg), Priya Ghanghas (60kg), Parveen Hooda (65kg), Lovlina Borgohain (75kg)
Cricket - 30
Men's Team: Shreyas Iyer (captain), Tilak Varma (vice-captain), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan, Shivam Dube, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Varun Chakaravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Jasprit Bumrah, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi
Women's Team: Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana (vice-captain), Shafali Verma, Pratika Rawal, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh, G Kamalani, Bharti Fulmali, Sree Charani, Renuka Singh, Kranti Goud, Arundhati Reddy, Shreyanka Patil, Radha Yadav, Nandni Sharma
Equestrian - 8
Dressage: Shruti Vora (Magnanimous), Gaurav Pundir (Milli), Jai Sud (Goofy La Perla), Hriday Chheda (Dono Di Maggio)
Team Event: Ashish Limaye (Willy Be Dun), Ahaan Kumar (Bolivar Gio Granno), Arjan Nagra (Cooley Goodwood), Fouaad Mirza (Camouflage 38)
Show Jumping: Maryk Sahney (Gold Run), Abhishek Chopra (C'est Lui Des Rosiers), Yashaan Zubin Khambatta (Inca's Big Think), Niharika Singhania (First to Cash Out)
Esports - 15
Chinmay Sahoo (eFootball), Danial Patel (eFootball), Paritosh (Puzzle), Ahmed Israr (League of Legends), Rahul Bisht (League of Legends), Sanindhya Malik (League of Legends), Akshaj Shenoy (League of Legends), Aakash Shandilya (League of Legends), Mihir Ranjan (League of Legends), Adnan Badshah (Pokemon Unite), Reuben Fernandes (Pokemon Unite), N Sai Krishna (Pokemon Unite), Dipjyoti Nath (Pokemon Unite), Rudra Nayak (Pokemon Unite), Dipkumar Patel (Pokemon Unite)
Cycling - 14
Men: Vishavjeet Singh, David Beckham, Jemsh Singh, Ronaldo Singh, Harshveer Singh, Rojit Singh
Women: Celestina, Meenakshi, Keerthi C, Pooja Danole, Harshita Jakhar, Sarita Kumari, Triyasha Paul, Swasti Singh
Fencing - 20
Men: Sachin, Aditya, Lakshay Badser, Gisho Padma, Tejas Patil, Hemansh Singh, Karan Singh, Vishal Thapar
Women: Bhavani Devi, Mitva Chaudhari, Kanupriya Chawla, Shreya Gupta, Yashkeerat Kaur, Jefarlin Simla, Shruti Joshi, Taniksha Khatri, Pooja Lohan, Mina Devi, Joys Stalinraj, Sonia Devi
Artistic Gymnastics - 1
Women: Pranati Nayak
Golf - 6
Men: Yuvraj Sandhu, Veer Ahlawat, Saptak Talwar
Women: Aditi Ashok, Diksha Dagar, Pranavi Urs
Hockey - 40
Women's Team: Savita, Bichu Devi Kharibam, Ishika Chaudhary, Sushila Chanu Pukhrambam, Lalthantluangi, Jyoti, Shilpi Dabas, Nikki Pradhan, Sakshi Rana, Sunelita Toppo, Salima Tete (captain), Neha, Deepika Soreng, Lalremsiami, Rutuja Dadaso Pisal, Navneet Kaur, Deepika, Ishika, Baljeet Kaur, Beauty Dungdung
Men's Team: Mohith HS, Suraj Karkera, Jarmanpreet Singh, Harmanpreet Singh (captain), Amit Rohidas, Jugraj Singh, Sanjay, Sumit, Yashdeep Siwach, Rajinder Singh, Raj Kumar Pal, Hardik Singh, Manpreet Singh, Nilakanta Sharma, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Dilpreet Singh, Shilanand Lakra, Sukhjeet Singh, Mandeep Singh, Abhishek
Kayaking & Canoeing - 19
Men: Hitesh Kewat, Pradhyumna Singh, Prohit Baroi, Prasanna Kumar, Naocha Singh, Gyaneshwor Singh, Raju Rawat, Harshwardhan Shaktawat, Varinder Singh, Oinam Singh
Women: Shikha Chouhan, Pallavi Jagtap, Rina Sen, Neha Devi, Soniya Devi, Megha Pradeep, Pooja, Parvathy Geetha, Dhanamanjuri Devi
Judo - 3
Women: Ashmita Dey, Inunganbi Takhellambam, Yamini Maurya
Kabaddi - 24
Men: Sunil Kumar, Pawan Kumar, Ashu Malik, Ankit, Devank Dalal, Rahul Satpal, Sumit, Jaideep, Ayan, Arjun Deshwal, Gaurav Khatri, Aslam Inamdar
Women: Jyoti Thakur, Nikita, Pooja Hathwala, Raj Rani, Pushpa Rana, Ritu Sheoran, Bhavna Devi, Sanju Devi, Manisha Kumari, Ritu Negi, Pinki Roy, Sonali Shinghate
Karate - 2
Men: Chetan Bhatt
Women: Alisha Chaudhary
Kurash - 6
Men: Yash Kumar, Vipin Kumar, Vishal
Women: Bharti, Sangita, Pincky Balhara
MMA - 1
Women: Suchika Tariyal
Shooting - 30
Rifle: Parth Mane, Himanshu Dhillon, Rudrankksh Patil, Elavenil Valarivan, Sonam Maskar, Vidarsha Vinod, Aishwary Tomar, Niraj Kumar, Tilottma Sen, Ashi Chouksey
Pistol: Suruchi Singh, Esha Singh, Manu Bhaker, Anish Bhanwala, Rahi Sarnobat, Kedarling Uchaganve, Gaurav, Kamljeet
Shotgun: Kynan Chenai, Ahyvar Rizvi, Shapath Bhardawaj, Neeru, Manisha Keer, Aashima Ahlawat, Anantjeet Gill, Bhavtegh Gill, Mairaz Khan, Parinaaz Dhaniwal, Raiza Dhillon, Maheshwari Chauhan
Squash - 8
Men: Abhay Singh, Veer Chotrani, Velavan Senthilkumar, Suraj Chand
Women: Anahat Singh, Tanvi Khanna, Joshna Chinappa, Shameena Riaz
Tennis - 7
Men: Sumit Nagal, Dhakshineshwar Suresh, Yuki Bhambri, N Sriram Balaji, Anirudh Chandrashekar
Women: Rutuja Bhosale, Ankita Raina
Table Tennis - 10
Men: G. Sathiyan, Manav Thakkar, Manush Shah, Payas Jain, Harmeet Desai
Women: Sreeja Akula, Yashaswini Ghorpade, Diya Chitale, Sutirtha Mukherjee, Syndrela Das
Sport Climbing - 2
Women: Joga Purty
Men: Deepu Mallesh
Swimming - 12
Danush Suresh, Aneesh Gowda, Dhakshan Shashikumar, Heer Shah, Sajan Prakash, Utkarsh Patil, Aryan Nehra, Srihari Nataraj, Akash Maani, Vedaant Madhavan, Rishabh Das, Benediction Rohit
Rowing - 22
Men: Satnam Singh, Vipul Ghurde, Jakar Khan, Salman Khan, Saurav Kumar, Nitin Kumar, Yogesh Kumar, Ujjwal Singh, Balraj Panwar, Jaswindir Singh, Navdeep Singh, Kulwinder Singh, Arvind Singh, Babulal Yadav, Rohit, Ajay Tyagi, Jasmail Singh
Women: Poonam, Aleena Anto, Tendenthoi Devi, Gurbani Kaur, Anshika Bharti
Rugby Sevens - 13
Women: Amandeep Kaur, Guriya Kumari, Ujjwala Ghuge, Parbati Hansdah, Arti Kumari, Dumuni Marndi, Vaishnavi Patil, Kalyani Patil, Sandhya Rai, Nirmalya Rout, Bhumika Shukla, Sandhyarani Tudu, Shika Yadav
Sailing - 10
Men: Manu Francis, Prince Noble, Vishnu Saravanan, Ravindra Sharma
Women: Katya Coelho, Nethra Kumanan, Harshita Tomar, Shital Verma, Mahi Verma, Shraddha Verma
Sepak Takraw - 21
Men: Arun, Jasvir, Ashish, Shyam Chundawat, Lokhon Singh, Bobby Kumar, Ashok Singh, Ram Kumar, O Amarit Singha, Malemngamba Singh, Henary Singh, Akash Yumnam
Women: Maipak Devi, Priya Devi, Lairentonbi Devi, Shilpa, Prity Langoljam, Chaoba Devi, Seyiekhrieno Tepa, Menenu Tsukru, Malaemngambi Yumnam
Taekwondo - 3
Women: Rupa Bayor, Kashish Malik, Jyoti Yadav
Soft Tennis - 6
Men: Yogesh Chaudhary, Om Yadav, Jay Meena, Aniket Patel, Aaryan Thakur
Women: Aadhya Tiwari
Teqball - 3
Men: Mohamed Beg, Declan Gonsalves
Women: Quimcy Dsouza
Volleyball - 12
Men: Chirag, Amit, A Muthusamy, Jerome Vinith, Muhammad Nihal, John Joseph, Joel Benjamin, Anand K, Om Lad, Ashwal Rai, Sikhar Singh, Erin Verghese
Weightlifting - 5
Women: Mirabai Chanu, Gyaneshwari Devi, Nirupama Devi, Harjinder Kaur
Men: Rishikanta Singh
Wushu - 7
Men: Suraj Singh, Vikrant Baliyan, Aryan
Women: Langlentombi Devi, Divyanshi, Aparna, Nyeman Wangsu
Wrestling - 16
Women: Dipanshi (50kg), Antim Panghal (53kg), Manisha Bhanwala (57kg), Mansi Ahlawat (62kg), Nisha Dahiya (68kg), Priya Malik (76kg)
Men: Aman Sehrawat (57kg), Sujeet Kalkal (65kg), Sagar Jaglan (74kg), Deepak Punia (97kg), Rajat Ruhal (125kg), Sumit Dalal (60kg), Deepak (67kg), Aman (77kg), Sunil Kumar (87kg), Nitesh Siwach (97kg)
India's Asian Games 2026 contingent
India's squad features several of the country's biggest sporting names, including Neeraj Chopra, Mirabai Chanu, Manu Bhaker, Lovlina Borgohain, PV Sindhu, Lakshya Sen, Harmanpreet Singh, Savita, Aditi Ashok and Shreyas Iyer, alongside a large group of emerging athletes.
The contingent also reflects the increasing breadth of India's Asian Games programme, with representation extending from traditional medal sports such as shooting, athletics, wrestling, boxing and badminton to esports, sport climbing, MMA, teqball and rugby sevens.
