Indian athletes are gearing up for an action-packed Day 7 at the Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou, China, with Olympic medallist and former world champion Mirabai Chanu leading the way.
Mirabai Chanu is set to compete in the women's 49kg weightlifting event on Saturday, and joining her is Bindyarani Devi, who will be participating in the women's 55kg weightlifting category.
But that's not all; there are more Olympic medallists representing India in various events. Tokyo 2020 bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain will kickstart her boxing campaign in the women's 75kg category. A victory in her bout will secure her first Asian Games medal.
On the tennis court, the mixed doubles final will feature the duo of Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale , while the high-stakes India vs. Pakistan clash is set to determine the men's team squash event winner.
Even though medals won't be at stake, national pride and the top spot in Pool A are on the line as the Indian men's hockey team faces Pakistan in the group stage.
In badminton, the Indian men's team will battle it out against the Republic of Korea in the semi-finals.
Track and field events will see Indian runners competing in both men's and women's 400m finals, with star hurdler Jyothi Yarraji and long jumpers Murali Sreeshankar and Jeswin Aldrin participating in athletics qualifying events.
Here's a rundown of the Asian Games 2023 schedule for India on September 30 (Indian Standard Time - IST):
3x3 Basketball
Men’s qualification to quarter-finals: India vs Iran - 10:55 AM
Women’s qualification to quarter-finals: India vs Malaysia - 1:00 PM
Men’s quarter-finals (if qualified) - 3:30 PM onwards
Women’s quarter-finals (if qualified) - 3:30 PM onwards
Athletics
Women’s heptathlon events ( Swapna Barman , Nandini Agasara) - 6:30 AM onwards
Men’s long jump qualifying Groups A and B (Murali Sreeshankar, Jeswin Aldrin) - 6:35 AM
Women’s 100m hurdles heats (Jyothi Yarraji, Nithya Ramraj) - 6:30 AM
Men’s 1500m round 1 heats (Ajay Kumar Saroj, Jinson Johnson) - 7:05 AM
Women’s 400m final (Aishwarya Kailash Mishra) - 5:30 PM
Men’s 400m final (Muhammed Ajmal) - 5:40 PM
Men’s 10,000m final (Karthik Kumar, Gulveer Singh) - 5:50 PM
Badminton
Men’s team semi-finals - India vs the Republic of Korea - 2:30 PM onwards
Boxing
Women’s 54kg quarter-finals: Preeti ( IND ) vs Zhaina Shekerbekova (KAZ) - 11:30 AM
Women’s 75kg quarter-finals: Lovlina Borgohain (IND) vs Suyeon Seong (KOR) - 12:15 PM
Men’s 57kg round of 16: Sachin Siwach (IND) vs Abuquthailah Turki (KUW) - 1:00 PM
Men’s +92kg quarter-final: Narender (IND) vs Ramezanpourdelavar Iman (IRI) - 2:15 PM
Men’s 71kg quarter-finals: Nishant Dev (IND) vs Okazawa Sewonrets Quincy Mensah (JAP) - 6:30 PM
Bridge
Men's, women’s and mixed team round robin 2 (Indian teams) - 6:30 AM onwards
Canoeing
Multiple sprint races heats and semi-finals (multiple athletes) - 7:00 AM onwards
Chess
Men’s team round 2 - 12:30 PM onwards
Women’s team round 2 - 12:30 PM onwards
Diving
Men's synchronised 3m springboard final - 5:00 PM
Equestrian
Eventing team and individual - 5:30 AM onwards
Golf
Men’s individual and team round 3 - 4:00 AM onwards
Women’s individual and team round 3 - 4:00 AM onwards
Handball
Women's preliminary round Group B: India vs Nepal - 11:30 AM
Hockey
Preliminary men's Pool A: India vs Pakistan - 6:15 PM
Kurash
Medal event: Men’s -66kg - 7:00 AM onwards
Roller Skating
Medal event: Women's speed skating 10000m point-elimination race final - 6:30 AM
Medal event: Men's speed skating 10000m point-elimination race final - 7:05 AM
Shooting
Medal event: 10m air pistol mixed team qualification round and medal matches - 6:30 AM onwards
Men’s trap qualification individual and team phase 1 - 6:30 AM onwards
Women’s trap qualification individual and team phase 1 - 6:30 AM onwards
Squash
Men’s team gold medal match: India vs Pakistan - 1:00 PM
Table Tennis
Men’s doubles quarter-finals - 9:30 AM onwards
Women’s singles quarter-finals (Manika Batra) - 9:30 AM onwards
Women’s doubles quarter-finals - 1:30 PM onwards
Tennis
Mixed doubles final: Rohan Bopanna/Rutuja Bhosale (IND) vs Liang En-shuo /Tsung-hao Huang (TPE) - after 9:30 AM
Volleyball
Women's preliminary round Pool A: India vs DPR Korea - 8:00 AM
Weightlifting
Women’s 49kg (Mirabai Chanu) - 6:30 AM onwards
Women’s 55kg (Bindyarani Devi) - 6:30 AM onwards