India’s Asian Games schedule features cricket final, wrestling and hockey medal contests
India’s campaign at the Asian Games enters a decisive stage on October 3, with athletes scheduled across wrestling, archery, taekwondo, golf and other events. India will also face Pakistan in the men’s cricket final and Malaysia in the men’s hockey gold-medal round.
India’s medal campaign at the Asian Games reaches a crucial stage on Saturday, October 3, with athletes scheduled to compete across several sports, according to India Today’s published timetable. The day begins with golf, including the women’s team and individual fourth rounds involving Aditi Ashok, Diksha Dagar and Pranavi Sharath Urs. The men’s team and individual rounds feature Yuvraj Sandhu, Veer Ahlawat and Saptak Talwar.
Indian competitors are also scheduled in archery, taekwondo, wrestling, sailing, rugby sevens and volleyball. Kumkum Anil Mohod is listed in the women’s recurve quarter-final, while Dhiraj Bommadevara and Neeraj Chauhan are scheduled in the men’s recurve competition. Wrestling events include pre-quarter-finals and later possible medal rounds for Sagar Jaglan, Deepak Punia, Manisha Bhanwala, Antim Panghal and Aman Sehrawat.
The published schedule marks several later bouts as dependent on qualification or earlier results. Taekwondo competitors Kashish Malik and Jyoti Yadav are scheduled in their respective women’s weight classes, with possible semi-finals and gold-medal contests later in the day. India’s women’s rugby sevens team also has placement matches listed, subject to qualification.
One of the day’s major events is the men’s cricket final, scheduled for 10am, with India facing Pakistan for the gold medal. India’s men are also listed to play Thailand in a volleyball fifth-place match. The schedule includes an afternoon men’s hockey gold-medal round between India and Malaysia at 3:30pm.
Wrestling medal contests are listed throughout the afternoon, including possible bronze and gold bouts in the 57kg, 74kg and 97kg men’s categories and the women’s 53kg and 57kg categories. India Today’s timetable notes that a number of the later events will take place only if the athletes advance through earlier rounds. The listed times therefore include both confirmed early-round fixtures and conditional progression matches.
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