Asian Games 2023 India schedule today, 6 October: Bajrang Punia in action; hockey, cricket and kabaddi teams in focus

The Indian men’s hockey team will be playing for gold and a Paris 2024 Olympic berth at the Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou, the People’s Republic of China on Friday.

India face reigning Japan in the men’s hockey final at Hangzhou 2023. The Asian Games 2023 hockey tournaments are Paris 2024 qualifiers with both the men’s and women’s champions securing a berth to next year’s Summer Games.

A high-octane India vs Pakistan clash is on the cards in the men’s kabaddi campaign at Asian Games 2023 today. The women, meanwhile, play Nepal in the final four.

Staying with team events, the men’s cricket team will be up against Bangladesh in the semi-finals on Friday.

HS Prannoy and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty are also in the semi-finals of badminton events at the Asian Games 2023.

Bajrang Punia and Aman Sehrawat will be the headline stars in wrestling events at Hangzhou 2023.

Asian Games 2023 India schedule: 6 October

All in Indian Standard Time (IST)

Archery

• Medal event: Recurve women’s team quarter-finals, semi-finals and medal matches (Team India: Ankita Bhakat, Bhajan Kaur, Simranjeet Kaur) - 6:10 AM onwards
• Medal event: Recurve men’s team quarter-finals, semi-finals and medal matches (Team India: Atanu Das, Dheeraj Bommadevara, Tushar Shelke) - 11:00 AM onwards

Badminton

• Men’s singles semi-finals (HS Prannoy) - 6:30 AM onwards
• Men’s doubles semi-finals (Chirag Shetty/Satwiksairaj Rankireddy) - 6:30 AM onwards

Bridge

• Medal event: Men's team final sessions 4 to 6: India vs Hong Kong China - 6:30 AM onwards

Canoe slalom

• Medal event: Men’s canoe semi-finals and final (Vishal Kewat) - 6:30 AM onwards
• Medal event: Women’s kayak semi-finals and final (Shikha Chouhan) - 7:16 AM onwards

Chess

• Men’s team round 8 (Gukesh D, Vidit Gujrathi, Arjun Erigaisi, Pentala Harikrishna, Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa) - 12:30 PM onwards
• Women’s team round 8 (Koneru Humpy, Harika Dronavalli, Vaishali Rameshbabu, Vantika Agrawal, Savitha Shri B) - 12:30 PM onwards

Cricket

• Men’s semi-finals: India vs Bangladesh - 6:30 AM

Equestrian

• Medal event: Jumping individual (Tejas Dhingra, Kirat Singh Nagra, Yash Nensee) - 6:30 AM onwards

Hockey

• Medal event: Men’s final: India vs Japan - 4:00 PM

Ju-jitsu

• Medal event: Women’s -52kg (Rohini Kalam, Anupama Swain) - 6:30 AM onwards
• Medal event: Women’s -57kg (Nikita Choudhary, Angitha Shyju) - 6:30 AM onwards

Kabaddi

• Women’s team semi-finals: India vs Nepal - 7:00 AM
• Men’s team semi-finals: India vs Pakistan - 12:30 PM

Roller skating

• Ladies artistic single free skating short program (Sai Samhitha Akulai, Greeshma Dontara) - 6:30 AM onwards

Sepaktakraw

• Men’s regu preliminary Group B: India vs Myanmar - 6:30 AM
• Men’s regu semi-finals: If India qualifies - 11:30 AM
• Women’s regu semi-finals: If India qualifies - 1:00 PM

Soft tennis

• Men’s and women’s singles preliminary group matches (Aniket Chirag Patel, Jay Meena, Aadhya Tiwari, Raga Sri Kulandaivelu Manogarbabu) - 7:30 AM onwards

Sport climbing

• Men’s boulder and lead semi-finals and final (Aman Verma, Bharath Stephen Pereira Kamath) - 6:30 AM onwards

Volleyball

• Women’s classification 9-12: India vs Mongolia - 8:00 AM

Wrestling

• Medal events: Women's freestyle 62kg (Sonam Malik), 68kg (Radhika), 76kg (Kiran); Men's Freestyle: 57kg (Aman Sehrawat), 65kg (Bajrang Punia) - 7:30 AM onwards