Asian Games 2023: India schedule, timings for September 19 to 21

The Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou, China is only a week away and the Indian contingent is limbering up for the competition. India is sending over 655 athletes in all for the Games, and will be hoping to return with their richest medal haul. At the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia, the Indian contingent had collected over 70 medals. This time with our shooters, wrestlers, and boxers in fine form, that tally can be surpassed for sure.

On Friday, the Asian Games India schedule was announced. The Indian team’s participation begins on September 19 in sports like football, cricket, and volleyball, while the others will start after the opening ceremony. InsideSport takes a look at India’s Asian Games schedule closely.

Asian Games India Schedule

September 19

As per the Asian Games football schedule, the Indian football team will take on China in their opening football game on September 19 at 5 PM IST. The Indians have been drawn in Group A which consists of Myanmar and Bangladesh as well. The Chinese are ranked 80th currently, while the Indians are at 101st spot. Football at Asian Games 2023 will largely be a U-23 affair, with only three seniors being allowed to participate. But as it turns out, the tiff between AIFF and the Indian clubs has led to the selection of an inexperienced squad, under the leadership of Sunil Chhetri.

India Football Squad

Men’s: Gurmeet Singh, Dheeraj Singh Moirangthem, Sumit Rathi, Narender Gahlot, Deepak Tangri, Amarjit Singh Kiyam, Samuel James, Rahul KP, Abdul Rabeeh Anjukandan, Ayush Dev Chhetri, Bryce Miranda, Azfar Noorani, Rahim Ali, Vincy Bareto, Sunil Chhetri, Rohit Danu, Gurkirat Singh, Aniket Jadhav.

Women’s: Elangbam Panthoi Chanu, Soumya Narayanasamy, Shreya Hooda, Loitongbam Ashalata Devi (Captain), Ngangbam Sweety Devi, Sanju Yadav, Ritu Rani, Sorokhaibam Ranjana Chanu, Dalima Chhibber, Astam Oraon, Naorem Priyangka Devi, Anju Tamang, Indumathi Kathiresan, Sangita Basfore, Grace Dangmei, Soumya Guguloth, Manisha Kalyan, Renu Rani, Sandhiya Ranganathan, Pyari Xaxa, Jyoti Chouhan, Bala Devi

September 20

India’s volleyball action starts on September 20, when they take on South Korea at 4.30 PM IST. Another team in Pool C is Cambodia. The Indians are ranked 12th in Asia, while Iran is 1st in the continent, and placed in Pool B. The last time an Indian volleyball team won a medal at the Asian Games was back in 1986, where they finished third. We have two more medals in volleyball at Asian Games — silver in 1962 Jakarta, and bronze in 1958 Tokyo. Also, only the men’s team has made it to the Asian Games 2023.

India Volleyball Squad

Amit, Vinit Kumar, Shameemudhin Ammarambath, Muthusamy Appavu, Hari Prasad, Manoj Manjunath, Rohit Kumar, Mohan Ukkrapandian, Ashwal Rai, Santhosh Anthony Raj, Guru Prasanth Subramanian, Erin Varghese

September 21

As per the Asian Games cricket schedule, the action begins on September 21. The Indian women’s cricket team will begin their campaign at 11.30 AM IST, but their opponents are not decided. They will feature in the quarters directly, and so will Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Apart from that, both the Indian football team, men’s and women’s, will play their respective matches as well. The men’s team will be up against Bangladesh at 1.30 PM IST, and the women’s team will take on Chinese Taipei at 5 PM IST.

India Cricket Squad

Men’s: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rahul Tripathi, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar, Shivam Mavi, Shivam Dube, Prabhsimran Singh (wk)

Women’s: Harmanpreet Kaur (Captain), Smriti Mandhana (Vice Captain), Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (wk), Amanjot Kaur, Devika Vaidya, Pooja Vastrakar, Titas Sadhu, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Minnu Mani, Kanika Ahuja, Uma Chetry (wk), Anusha Bareddy