Asian Games India schedule today: India vs Sri Lanka women’s cricket final, Sakshi Chaudhary boxing; check full fixtures for tuesday, September 22

India has a packed schedule at the Asian Games 2026 on Tuesday, September 22, with the women’s cricket final against Sri Lanka, two badminton quarter-finals against Japan, boxing, shooting, wushu, karate, hockey, kabaddi and several other events lined up.

The biggest focus will be on the Indian women’s cricket team, which faces Sri Lanka in the gold-medal match at 10:30 AM IST. India’s badminton teams will also take on Japan in the women’s and men’s quarter-finals, while shooters Elavenil Valarivan and Parth Rakesh Mane will compete in the mixed team 10m air rifle event.

6:00 AM, India women’s badminton team vs Japan

India’s women’s badminton team will begin its quarter-final against Japan at 6 AM. The tie could feature some of India’s leading singles and doubles players as the team looks to move into the medal rounds.


Japan has home advantage at the Aichi-Nagoya Games, making the quarter-final an important early-morning fixture for India.

6:15 AM, shooting mixed team 10m air rifle

Elavenil Valarivan and Parth Rakesh Mane will compete in the 10m air rifle mixed team qualification from 6:15 AM.

The final is scheduled for 8:25 AM, subject to qualification. India will also have competitors in the men’s and women’s skeet qualification events from around 6:30 AM.

6:29 AM, Langlentombi Devi in wushu final

Langlentombi Devi Hanjabam will compete in the women’s Nanquan final from 6:29 AM.

She will also be involved in the women’s Nandao final later in the morning, scheduled from 11:59 AM. Both events give India medal opportunities in wushu.

8:30 AM onwards, Sakshi Chaudhary in boxing

Indian boxer Sakshi Chaudhary will face Philippines’ Aira Villegas in the women’s 51kg round of 32 from 8:30 AM onwards.

Villegas is an Olympic bronze medallist, making the bout one of the notable boxing contests on India’s September 22 schedule. Sakshi will need a win to progress to the next stage of the competition.

10:30 AM, India vs Sri Lanka women’s cricket final

The biggest event of the day comes at 10:30 AM when India faces Sri Lanka in the women’s cricket gold-medal match.

India is the defending Asian Games champion after winning gold at Hangzhou 2023. A victory in the final would give India its first gold medal of the Aichi-Nagoya Games. Sri Lanka, meanwhile, will be looking to stop India from retaining the title.

The final is also a rematch of the gold-medal contest from Hangzhou, putting the two sides back against each other with the Asian Games title at stake.

11:30 AM, India men’s badminton team vs Japan

India’s men’s badminton team will take on Japan in the quarter-final at 11:30 AM.

The Indian squad includes players such as Lakshya Sen, HS Prannoy and Ayush Shetty, along with Kidambi Srikanth and the Satwik-Chirag doubles combination. The tie follows the women’s quarter-final against Japan earlier in the morning.

11:59 AM, Langlentombi Devi in Nandao final

Langlentombi Devi Hanjabam returns to the wushu arena for the women’s Nandao final from 11:59 AM onwards.

Her two finals make wushu one of the sports to watch for India during the first half of the day.

Afternoon, Roshibina Devi and Aryan in wushu quarter-finals

Roshibina Devi will compete in the women’s 60kg sanda quarter-final in the afternoon. She is one win away from securing a medal.

Aryan will also compete in the men’s sanda 56kg quarter-final, giving India another opportunity to enter the medal stages. The latest schedules place the bouts in the afternoon, with timings listed from around 3:15 PM for Roshibina and around 4 PM for Aryan.

3:30 PM, India vs Sri Lanka men’s hockey

India’s men’s hockey team will face Sri Lanka in a Pool A match at 3:30 PM.

The fixture gives Indian fans another India-Sri Lanka contest on a day already dominated by the women’s cricket final between the two countries.

Other events throughout the day

Indian athletes will also compete in equestrian, sepaktakraw, soft tennis, fencing, table tennis, swimming, karate and other disciplines.

The day begins with equestrian eventing and sepaktakraw, while table tennis has India facing Thailand in the women’s team Round of 16 and South Korea in the men’s team Round of 16. India also has competitors in fencing and karate, with some later medal rounds depending on qualification.

India’s men’s kabaddi team is scheduled to face the Republic of Korea at 7:15 AM. In swimming, Aryan Nehra is listed in the men’s 1500m freestyle Final B at 7:29 AM, followed by the men’s 4x100m medley relay heats at 8:05 AM.

Asian Games 2026 India fixtures and timings on September 22

4:30 AM
Equestrian, dressage, Fouaad Mirza and Arjan Nagra

5:30 AM
Sepaktakraw, India vs Malaysia, men’s Regu Group B

5:30 AM
Soft tennis, Aadhya Tiwari vs Alisha Ziegler, women’s singles

6:00 AM
Badminton, India vs Japan, women’s team quarter-final

6:15 AM
Shooting, Elavenil Valarivan and Parth Rakesh Mane, 10m air rifle mixed team qualification

6:29 AM
Wushu, Langlentombi Devi Hanjabam, women’s Nanquan final

6:30 AM
Shooting, men’s and women’s skeet qualification

6:30 AM
Table tennis, India vs Thailand, women’s team Round of 16

7:15 AM
Kabaddi, India vs Republic of Korea, men’s Group A

7:29 AM
Swimming, Aryan Nehra, men’s 1500m freestyle Final B

8:05 AM
Swimming, India, men’s 4x100m medley relay heats

8:25 AM onwards
Shooting, 10m air rifle mixed team final, subject to qualification

8:30 AM onwards
Boxing, Sakshi Chaudhary vs Aira Villegas, women’s 51kg round of 32

9:00 AM
Table tennis, India vs South Korea, men’s team Round of 16

9:20 AM
Karate, Alisha Choudhary, women’s kumite -55kg

9:30 AM
Soft tennis, Aryan Thakur vs Bold-Erdene Altangerel, men’s singles

10:30 AM
Cricket, India vs Sri Lanka, women’s gold-medal match

10:30 AM onwards
Boxing, Jadumani Singh Mandengbam vs Chandra Bahadur Thapa, men’s 55kg

11:30 AM
Badminton, India vs Japan, men’s team quarter-final

11:59 AM
Wushu, Langlentombi Devi Hanjabam, women’s Nandao final

12:00 PM
Soft tennis, Aryan Thakur vs Chen Po-yi, men’s singles

1:30 PM onwards
Boxing, Jadumani Singh Mandengbam, men’s 55kg round of 32

2:55 PM
Swimming, India, men’s 4x100m medley relay final, subject to qualification

3:15 PM onwards
Wushu, Roshibina Devi vs Man Sin Chu, women’s 60kg quarter-final

3:30 PM
Hockey, India vs Sri Lanka, men’s Pool A

4:00 PM onwards
Wushu, Aryan vs Saydullo Abdurashitov, men’s 56kg quarter-final

All timings are in Indian Standard Time and some later-round events are subject to qualification or progression.