Asian Games 2023: India schedule on September 24, live streaming details

The 19th Asian Games 2023 have officially commenced in Hangzhou, China after a one-year postponement due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This multi-sport extravaganza, spanning 15 days, was originally scheduled for the previous year. India is gearing up to make a strong impression with a formidable contingent of 655 athletes participating in all 40 sporting events. 

The Indian rowing team will be competing in five different medal events on Sunday. In the six-boat men’s lightweight double sculls Final A, the spotlight will be on Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh. In the meantime, medal races will also be taking part in the Indian men’s double sculls, women’s coxless four, men’s coxless pair, and men’s coxed eight teams.

If India’s women’s cricket team defeats Bangladesh in the semi-finals on Sunday, they will have the opportunity to guarantee a medal. Both the men’s and women’s football teams will be playing at this time.

If India’s women’s cricket team defeats Bangladesh in the semi-finals on Sunday, they will have the opportunity to guarantee a medal. Both the men’s and women’s football teams will be playing at this time.

In the women’s 50kg category, Indian boxer Nikhat Zareen will make her Asian Games debut against Vietnamese boxer Thi Tam Nguyen, whom she defeated in the World Championship final in March of this year. In the women’s 10m air rifle shooting events, shooters Ashi Chouksey, Mehuli Ghosh, and Ramita will also be in action with medal hopes.

Boxing

• Women’s 54kg Round of 16: Preeti Pawar (IND) vs Silina Alhasanat (JOR) – 11:45 AM
• Women’s 50kg Round of 32: Nikhat Zareen (IND) vs Thi Tam Nguyen (VIE) – 4:30 PM

Cricket

• Women’s semi-final 1: India vs Bangladesh – 6:30 AM IST

Chess

• Men’s Individual rounds 1 and 2 (Vidit Gujrathi and Arjun Erigaisi) – 12:30 PM onwards
• Women’s individual rounds 1 and 2 (Koneru Humpy and Harika Dronavalli) – 12:30 PM onwards

Esports

• FC Online Round of 32 and bracket matches (Charanjot Singh and Karman Singh Tikka) – 8:00 AM onwards

Football

• Women’s first round Group B: India vs Thailand – 1:30 PM
• Men’s first round Group A: India vs Myanmar – 5:00 PM

Fencing

• Men’s foil individual (Dev and Bibish Kathiresan) – 6:30 AM onwards
• Women’s epee individual (Ena Arora and Taniksha Khatri) – 10:00 AM onwards

Hockey

• Preliminary Men’s Pool A: India vs Uzbekistan – 8:45 AM

Modern Pentathlon

• Men’s team: Mayank Vaibhav Chaphekar – 3:00 PM

Rugby sevens

• Women’s Pool F: India vs Hong Kong China – 10:00 AM
• Women’s Pool F: India vs Japan – 3:35 PM

Rowing

• Women’s lightweight double sculls Final B (Kiran, Anshika Bharti) – 6:30 AM
• Medal event: Men’s lightweight double sculls Final A (Arjun Lal Jat, Arvind Singh) – 7:10 AM
• Medal event: Men’s double sculls Final A (Parminder Singh, Satnam Singh) – 8:00 AM
• Medal event: Women’s coxless four Final A (Aswathi PB, Mrunamayee Nilesh S, Thangjam Priya Devi, Rukmani) – 8:20 AM
• Medal event: Men coxless pair Final A (Babu Lal Yadav, Lekh Ram) – 8:40 AM
• Medal event: Men’s coxed eight Final A (Charanjeet Singh, DU Pande, Naresh Kalwaniya, Neeraj, Neetesh Kumar, Ashish, Bheem Singh, Jaswinder Singh, Punit Kumar) – 9:00 AM

Sailing

• Qualifying races in multiple categories (multiple athletes) – 8:30 AM onwards

Shooting

• Women’s 10m air rifle qualification, individual final and team final (Ashi Chouksey, Mehuli Ghosh, Ramita) – 6:00 AM onwards
• Men’s 25m rapid fire pistol qualification phase 1 (Anish, Vijayveer Sidhu, Adarsh Singh) – 6:30 AM onwards

Swimming

• Men’s 100m freestyle heats and final (Anand AS, Tanish George Matthew) – 7:30 AM onwards
• Men’s 100m backstroke heats and final (Sriharni Nataraj, Utkarsh Santosh Patil) – 7:30 AM onwards
• Women’s 4x100m freestyle relay heats and final (Janhvi Choudhary, Dhinidhi Desinghu, Maana Patel, Shivangi Sarma) – 7:30 AM onwards

Tennis

• Men’s doubles round 1: India 2 vs Nepal 1 – 9:30 AM onwards
• Men’s singles round 1: Sumit Nagal (IND) vs Marco Ho Tin Leung (MAC) – 9:30 AM onwards

Table Tennis

• Women’s team round of 16: India vs Thailand – 7:30 AM
• Men’s team round of 16: India vs Kazakhstan – 9:30 AM

Volleyball

• Men’s classification 1st-6th: India vs Japan – 12:00 PM

Wushu

• Men’s changquan final (Anjul Namdeo, Suraj Singh Mayanglambam) – 6:30 AM
• Men’s 56kg 1/8 final: Sunil Singh Mayanglambam (IND) vs Arnel Mandal (PHI) – 5:00 PM onwards

Streaming details: Asian Games 2023 will be streamed live on the Sony LIV app and website in India.