The Indian contingent has several medal opportunities, while the men’s cricket and hockey teams face crucial semi-final fixtures.
The day begins with compound archery, where Chikitha Taniparthi faces Indonesia’s Nurisa Dian Ashrifah in the women’s individual quarter-finals at 5:30am IST. Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru will then compete in the men’s individual quarter-finals against Chinese Taipei’s Chieh-Lun Chen at 9:47am.
There will also be an India-Pakistan clash in men’s volleyball, with the quarter-final scheduled for 6:30am. India’s women’s squash team will meet Hong Kong, China in the semi-finals at 7:00am, while the men’s team face Malaysia in their semi-final at 1:00pm.
India’s key events on October 1
• Archery: Chikitha Taniparthi vs Nurisa Dian Ashrifah — women’s compound individual quarter-final, 5:30am
• Shooting: Anish Bhanwala — men’s 25m rapid-fire pistol qualification, 6:10am
• Cycling: Harshveer Singh Sekhon — men’s omnium scratch race, 6:30am
• Volleyball: India vs Pakistan — men’s quarter-final, 6:30am
• Squash: India vs Hong Kong, China — women’s team semi-final, 7:00am
• Wrestling: Aman vs Borgil Tuvshinbaatar — men’s Greco-Roman 77kg round of 16, 7:22am
• Wrestling: Mansi vs Irina Kuznetsova — women’s 62kg round of 16, 7:30am
• Canoe slalom: Shikha Chouhan — women’s kayak single semi-final, 7:36am
• Wrestling: Sumit — men’s Greco-Roman 60kg quarter-final, 7:55am
• Wrestling: Nitesh vs Amanberdi Agamammedov — men’s Greco-Roman 97kg quarter-final, 8:19am
• Rugby sevens: India vs Hong Kong, China — women’s Pool E, 8:50am
• Archery: Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru vs Chieh-Lun Chen — men’s compound individual quarter-final, 9:47am
• Cricket: India vs Sri Lanka — men’s semi-final, 10:00am
• Squash: India vs Malaysia — men’s team semi-final, 1:00pm
• Hockey: India vs Pakistan — men’s semi-final, 1:00pm
• Sport climbing: Deepu Mallesh — men’s Speed 4 quarter-final, 4:42pm
Sumit Nagal is also scheduled to face China’s Wu Yibing in the men’s singles tennis quarter-final, although the starting time was yet to be confirmed in the published schedule.
The schedule gives India another busy day across team and individual events, with the cricket and hockey semi-finals among the most anticipated contests.
All times above are Indian Standard Time (IST). For Nigerian readers, IST is 4 hours 30 minutes ahead of West Africa Time (WAT).