Asian Games 2026 Day 5 LIVE: Manu Bhaker, Mirabai Chanu headline India's medal hunt; men's shuttlers eye final

SEVEN straight points and India surge to a 9-5 lead in the first match of India's men's regu team, against the Philippines in a Group B fixture. India currently stand at the bottom of the Group B chart, having earlier lost to Japan and Malaysia. That follows a rolling spike from Lokhon Singh and Arun's serving masterclass from India, and they lead 11-6 in the first set.

India eventually take the first 14-7. Remember, they were trailing 2-5 right at the start.

Balraj Panwar has booked his place in the men's singles sculls final after finishing third in his heat with a timing of 6:52.84. He was only 0.31 seconds adrift of Hong Kong's Chi Fung Chan, who finished second in the same heat. Balraj's time puts him fourth overall across the two heats, leaving him just three-tenths of a second outside the medal positions. He will now return for tomorrow's final with a medal within touching distance, but will need to find a little more pace to move into the podium spots.

India's Day 5 at the Asian Games gets off to an early start, with action across three events. The men's team regu in sepak takraw begins against the Philippines at 5:30 AM, while soft tennis player Jay Meena takes on Sherwin Nuguit in the men's singles quarterfinal at the same time. At 5:40 AM, all eyes will be on rower Balraj Panwar as he begins his men's single sculls heats.

Here is India’s complete schedule for September 23!

Soft Tennis

Men’s Singles – Quarterfinal: Jay Meena vs Sherwin Nuguit (Philippines) | 5:30am

Men’s Singles – Semifinal: Jay Meena, subject to qualification | 8:30am

Men’s Singles – Gold Medal Match: Jay Meena, subject to qualification | 12:15pm

Sepaktakraw

Men’s Team Regu – Preliminary Round, Group B: India vs Philippines | 5:30am

Rowing

Men’s Single Sculls – Heat 2: Balraj Panwar | 5:40am

Men’s Double Sculls – Heat 3: Satnam Singh, Salman Khan | 6:00am

Men’s Pair – Heat 2: Jaswinder Singh, Nitin Kumar | 6:50am

Women’s Four – Heat 1: Gurbani Kaur, Poonam, Tendenthoi Devi, Haobijam | 7:10am

Men’s Lightweight Double Sculls – Heat 1: Rohit, Ujjwal Kumar Singh | 11:20am

Men’s Quadruple Sculls – Heat 2: Arvind Singh, Kulwinder Singh, Navdeep Singh, Jakar Khan | 12:10pm

Men’s Four – Heat 1: Ghurde Vipul Satish, Saurav Kumar, Babu Lal Yadav, Yogesh Kumar | 12:20pm

Shooting

Air Pistol Women – Individual Qualification: Suruchi Inder Singh, Esha Singh, Manu Bhaker | 6:15am

Air Pistol Women – Team Qualification: Suruchi Inder Singh, Esha Singh, Manu Bhaker | 6:15am

Skeet Men – Individual Qualification Day 3: Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Bhavtegh Singh Gill, Mairaj Ahmad Khan | 6:30am

Skeet Men – Team Qualification Day 3: Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Bhavtegh Singh Gill, Mairaj Ahmad Khan | 6:30am

Skeet Women – Individual Qualification Day 3: Parinaaz Dhaliwal, Raiza Dhillon, Maheshwari Chauhan | 6:30am

Skeet Women – Team Qualification Day 3: Parinaaz Dhaliwal, Raiza Dhillon, Maheshwari Chauhan | 6:30am

Air Pistol Women – Individual Final: Suruchi, Esha Singh, Manu Bhaker | 9:00am

Skeet Women – Individual Final: Parinaaz Dhaliwal, Raiza Dhillon, Maheshwari Chauhan | 11:00am

Skeet Men – Individual Final: Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Bhavtegh Singh Gill, Mairaj Ahmad Khan | 12:30pm

Canoe Sprint

Men’s Kayak Four 500m – Heat 1: Harshwardhan Shaktawat, Varinder Singh, L Naocha Singh Oinam, Arun Singh | 6:30am

Women’s Canoe Single 200m – Heat 1: Megha Pradeep | 6:50am

Women’s Kayak Double 500m – Heat 1: Parvathy Geetha, Phairembam Soniya Devi | 7:10am

Men’s Kayak Double 500m – Heat 2: Prsanna Kumar CS, Prohit Baroi | 10:40am

Women’s Canoe Double 500m – Heat 2: Megha Pradeep, L Neha Devi | 11:00am

Equestrian

Eventing Individual, Cross Country – Final Day 2: Ashish Limaye | 6:30am

Eventing Individual, Cross Country – Final Day 2: Fouaad Mirza | 6:30am

Table Tennis

Mixed Doubles – Round of 32: Harmeet Desai/Yashaswini Ghorpade vs Ismael Mohamed/Ali Fathimath (Maldives) | 6:30am

Mixed Doubles – Round of 32: Manush Shah/Diya Chitale vs Chanul Kulappuwawadu/Bimandee Swarn (Sri Lanka) | 7:10am

Mixed Doubles – Round of 16: Manush Shah/Diya Chitale, subject to qualification | 10:15am

Mixed Doubles – Round of 16: Harmeet Desai/Yashaswini Ghorpade, subject to qualification | 10:15am

Swimming

Men’s 100m Butterfly – Heat 2: Rohit Benedicton, Sajan Prakash | 6:42am

Men’s 200m Freestyle – Heat 2: Aneesh Sunil Kumar Gowda, Vedaant Madhavan | 7:03am

Men’s 100m Butterfly – Final: Rohit Benedicton, Sajan Prakash, subject to qualification | 1:38pm

Men’s 200m Freestyle – Final: Aneesh Sunil Kumar Gowda, Vedaant Madhavan, subject to qualification | 1:54pm

Fencing

Women’s Foil Individual – Pool Stage: Naorem Mina Devi and Joys Ashitha Stalinraj | 6:30am onwards

Men’s Sabre Individual – Pool Stage: Gisho Nidhi K.P. and Karan Singh | 8:15am onwards

Women’s Foil Individual – Round of 32, subject to qualification | 9:30am

Men’s Sabre Individual – Round of 32, subject to qualification | 9:50am

Boxing

Men’s 80kg – Round of 16: Ankush vs Hamsa Vogel (Bahrain) | 8:30am onwards

Weightlifting

Women’s 49kg – Final, Group A: Mirabai Chanu | 10:00am

Women’s 53kg – Final, Group A: Gyaneshwari Yadav | 1:30pm

Squash

Men’s Singles – Round of 32: Abhay Singh vs Arkaradet Arkarahirunya (Thailand) | 10:30am

Women’s Singles – Round of 32: Tanvi Khanna vs Kim Dami (Republic of Korea) | 11:15am

Men’s Singles – Round of 32: Veer Chotrani vs Mohamed Shamil Mukthar Wakeel (Sri Lanka) | 12:00pm

Badminton

Men’s Team – Semifinal: India vs China | 11:30am

Hockey

Women’s Team – Pool B: India vs Thailand | 11:30am

Wushu

Women’s Sanda 60kg – Semifinal: Roshibina Devi vs Thania Kusumaningtyas (Indonesia) | 2:30pm onwards

Women’s Foil Individual – Round of 16, subject to qualification | 10:05am

Men’s Sabre Individual – Round of 16, subject to qualification | 10:25am

Women’s Foil Individual – Quarterfinals, subject to qualification | 11:00am

Men’s Sabre Individual – Quarterfinals, subject to qualification | 11:00am

Women’s Foil Individual – Semifinals, subject to qualification | 12:50pm onwards

Men’s Sabre Individual – Semifinals, subject to qualification | 1:30pm onwards

Women’s Foil Individual – Medal Bout, subject to qualification | 2:10pm

Men’s Sabre Individual – Medal Bout, subject to qualification | 2:30pm

Kabaddi

Women’s Team – Preliminary Round, Group A: India vs Iran | 8:30am

Men’s Team – Preliminary Round, Group A: India vs Bangladesh | 9:45am

Hello and welcome to our live blog of Asian Games Day 5 as India look to add more medals to their tally today.