An India-Pakistan cricket final, an Olympic qualification opportunity in men's hockey and multiple medal chances in wrestling will headline India's schedule on Day 14 of the Asian Games 2026 on Saturday.
The Indian men's cricket team will face Pakistan in the gold medal match at Korogi Sports Park in Nisshin at 10 am IST. Defending champions India reached the final after a convincing semifinal win over Sri Lanka and will look to finish the cricket competition with another gold.
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The men's hockey team will take on Malaysia in the gold medal match at 3:30 pm IST. Besides the Asian Games title, the match carries an additional incentive, with the winner securing a direct quota for the LA 2028 Olympics.
Archery will also offer India opportunities to secure an Olympic quota on the final day of the individual recurve events. Reaching the final in the individual competition guarantees the athlete's National Olympic Committee a quota for LA 2028.
Kumkum Mohod will face South Korea's Kang Chae-young in the women's individual recurve quarterfinal at 5:30 am IST. In the men's individual recurve event, Dhiraj Bommadevara will take on Uzbekistan's Amirkhon Sadikov at 9:30 am IST, while Neeraj Chauhan will face Bhutan's Lam Dorji at 10:15 am IST. The semifinals and medal rounds will follow.
Wrestling will provide further medal opportunities for India after Sujeet Kalkal's gold medal-winning performance in the men's 65kg category on Friday.
Olympic medallist Aman Sehrawat will compete in the men's freestyle 57kg category, while Sagar Jaglan and Deepak Punia will feature in the 74kg and 97kg categories respectively. World Championships medallist Antim Panghal will compete in the women's 53kg category, while Manisha Bhanwala will take part in the women's 57kg event.
The opening rounds begin at 7:23 am IST, with the medal bouts scheduled from the afternoon. Aman Sehrawat's 57kg medal bout is scheduled for 2:37 pm IST, followed by Sagar Jaglan at 3 pm IST, Deepak Punia at 3:18 pm IST, Antim Panghal at 3:48 pm IST and Manisha Bhanwala at 4:09 pm IST, subject to qualification.
Golf will also be in focus, with Pranavi Urs entering the final round of the women's individual event with a three-shot lead. Aditi Ashok, who won silver at the 2022 Asian Games, had surrendered a seven-shot advantage in the final round at Hangzhou.
Aditi, Diksha Dagar and Pranavi will also compete in the women's team event, while Yuvraj Sandhu, Veer Ahlawat and Saptak Talwar will feature in the men's team and individual competitions.
India will have further medal opportunities in taekwondo, with Kashish Malik competing in the women's 57kg category and Jyoti Yadav in the women's +67kg event. Both will begin their campaigns in the morning, with the medal rounds scheduled in the afternoon if they progress.
The women's rugby sevens team will face Singapore in the 5th-8th place qualification match at 6:20 am IST, while the men's volleyball team will take on Thailand in the fifth-place match at 9:30 am IST.
In sailing, Mahi Verma will compete in the girls' dinghy and Katya Coelho in women's windsurfing, rounding out a packed penultimate day for the Indian contingent at Aichi-Nagoya.
With several medal events and Olympic quotas at stake, Saturday will be another significant day for India as the Asian Games enter their final stretch.
Asian Games 2026 full schedule today
Archery- Recurve women's individual quarter-final: Kumkum Mohod (IND) vs Kang Chae-young (KOR) - 5:30 AM
- Recurve women's individual semi-final: Kumkum Mohod (if qualified) - 6:30 AM
- Medal event: Recurve women's individual bronze medal match: Kumkum Mohod (if qualified) - 7:05 AM
- Medal event: Recurve women's individual gold medal match: Kumkum Mohod (if qualified) - 7:20 AM
- Recurve men's individual quarter-final: Dhiraj Bommadevara (IND) vs Amirkhon Sadikov (UZB) - 9:30 AM
- Recurve men's individual quarter-final: Neeraj Chauhan (IND) vs Lam Dorji (BHU) - 10:15 AM
- Recurve men's individual semi-finals: Dhiraj Bommadevara, Neeraj Chauhan (if qualified) - from 10:30 AM
- Medal event: Recurve men's individual bronze medal matches: Dhiraj Bommadevara, Neeraj Chauhan (if qualified) - 11:05 AM
- Medal event: Recurve men's individual gold medal matches: Dhiraj Bommadevara, Neeraj Chauhan (if qualified) - 11:20 AM
- Medal event: Men's team gold medal match: India vs Pakistan - 10:00 AM
- Medal event: Women's team round 4 (Aditi Ashok, Diksha Dagar, Pranavi Urs) - 2:40 AM onwards
- Medal event: Women's individual stroke play round 4 (Diksha Dagar, Aditi Ashok, Pranavi Urs) - 3:13 AM onwards
- Medal event: Men's team round 4 (Yuvraj Sandhu, Veer Ahlawat, Saptak Talwar) - 4:45 AM onwards
- Medal event: Men's individual stroke play round 4 (Yuvraj Sandhu, Saptak Talwar, Veer Ahlawat) - 5:51 AM onwards
- Medal event: Men's team medal round: India vs Malaysia - 3:30 PM
- Women's 5th-8th place qualification: India vs Singapore - 6:20 AM
- Women's 5th-6th or 7th-8th place final (if qualified) - from 12:35 PM
- Medal event: Girls' dinghy/ILCA 4 races 11-12 (Mahi Verma) - 7:10 AM
- Medal event: Women's windsurfing/iQFOiL races 11-13 (Katya Coelho) - 8:05 AM
- Women's -57kg round of 16: Kashish Malik (IND) vs Kim Yu-jin (KOR) - 5:42 AM
- Women's +67kg round of 16: Jyoti Yadav (IND) vs Kannaluck Chuenchooklin (THA) - 6:30 AM
- Quarter-finals to follow (if qualified) - from 7:34 AM
- Medal event: Women's -57kg semi-final: Kashish Malik (if qualified) - 11:14 AM
- Medal event: Women's +67kg semi-final: Jyoti Yadav (if qualified) - 11:56 AM
- Medal event: Women's -57kg gold medal contest: Kashish Malik (if qualified) - 1:10 PM
- Medal event: Women's +67kg gold medal contest: Jyoti Yadav (if qualified) - 1:40 PM
- Men's 5th place match: India vs Thailand - 9:30 AM
- Men's freestyle 74kg pre-quarter-final: Sagar Jaglan (IND) vs Tumur Ochir Tulga (MGL) - 7:23 AM
- Men's freestyle 97kg pre-quarter-final: Deepak Punia (IND) vs Zhou Junpeng (CHN) - 7:25 AM
- Women's 57kg pre-quarter-final: Manisha Bhanwala (IND) vs Youngjin Kwon (KOR) - 7:53 AM
- Women's 53kg pre-quarter-final: Antim Panghal (IND) vs Shugyla Omirbek (KAZ) - 8:08 AM
- Men's freestyle 57kg pre-quarter-final: Aman Sehrawat (IND) vs UZB or JPN - 8:29 AM
- Quarter-finals, semi-finals and repechages to follow through the morning (if qualified) - from 8:36 AM
- Medal event: Men's freestyle 57kg bronze and gold medal matches: Aman Sehrawat (if qualified) - 2:37 PM
- Medal event: Men's freestyle 74kg bronze and gold medal matches: Sagar Jaglan (if qualified) - 3:00 PM
- Medal event: Men's freestyle 97kg bronze and gold medal matches: Deepak Punia (if qualified) - 3:18 PM
- Medal event: Women's 53kg bronze and gold medal matches: Antim Panghal (if qualified) - 3:48 PM
- Medal event: Women's 57kg bronze and gold medal matches: Manisha Bhanwala (if qualified) - 4:09 PM
Asian Games 2026 medal tally
India is at the fifth position with 76 medals, including 16 gold, 25 silver and 35 bronze — ahead of Iran in sixth place, while China leads the Asian Games 2026 medal table with 316 medals, including 162 gold, 81 silver and 73 bronze.
Japan is second with 240 medals, comprising 72 gold, 83 silver and 85 bronze. South Korea is third with 134 medals, including 33 gold, 39 silver and 62 bronze. Uzbekistan occupies fourth place with 65 medals, including 20 gold, 23 silver and 22 bronze.
