Asian Games 2023, Day 7 Schedule: India vs Pakistan in squash and hockey; Mirabai Chanu and Lovlina eye medals

Lovlina Borghorain and Mirabai Chanu will be in action as India looks to build on the 33 medals it has won in the ongoing Asian Games 2023. Day 7 will also see India face neighbors Pakistan in the men’s team final in squash and also in a Pool A encounter in men’s hockey.

India added eight more medals to their tally on Day 6, clinching two gold medals, four silver medals and two bronze medals. Day 7 will be athletics heavy with several Indian athletes competing in medal events.

India will also be looking to clinch a gold medal in squash when the men’s team takes on Pakistan in the final. India’s boxing contingent will also be in focus with the likes of Lovlina, Nishant Dev and Preeti in action.

Two-time Commonwealth Gold winner Mirabai Chanu will be eyeing her first medal at the Asian Games when she takes the stage early on Day 7. India’s tennis ace Rohan Boppana will also be in action as he looks to win a gold medal alongside Rutuja Bhosale in the final of the mixed doubles event.

INDIA’S FULL SCHEDULE FOR DAY 7

1. Aquatics – Diving

London Singh & Siddharth Pardeshi – Men’s Synchronised 3m springboard Final – 15:00 IST

2. Athletics

Swapna Barman, Nandini Agasara – W Heptathlon Huddles– 06:30 IST

KM Deeksha, Harmilan Bains – W 1500m R1 – 06:30 IST

Sreeshanker Murli, Jeswin Aldrin – M Long Jump Qualifying A & B – 06:35 IST

Jyothi Yarraji ,Nithya Ramraj – W 100m Hurdles R1 – 06:45 IST

Ajay Kumar Saroj, Jinson Johnson – M 1500m R1 – 07:05 IST

Swapna Barman , Nandini Agasara – W Heptathlon High Jump – 07:20 IST

Swapna Barman , Nandini Agasara – W Heptathlon Shot Put – 16:40 IST

Aishwarya Mishra – W 400m Finals – 17:30 IST

Muhammed Ajmal – M 400m Finals – 17:50 IST

Gulveer Singh, Karthik Kumar – M 10000m Final – 17:50 IST

Swapna Barman , Nandini Agasara – W Heptathlon 200m – 18:35 IST

3. Basketball 3X3

Men’s Team Vs Iran– 3X3 – Qualification to Quarter Finals– 10:55 IST

Women’s Team Vs Malaysia– 3X3 – Qualification to Quarter Finals– 13:00 IST

4. Badminton

Men’s Team Vs Korea – Semi-Finals – 14:30 IST

5. Boxing

Preeti Vs Shekerbekova Z (KAZ) – W 54 KG Quarter Final – 11:30 IST

Lovlina Borgohain (Others) Vs Seong Suyeon (KOR) – W 75 Kg Quarter Final – 12:15 IST

Sachin Vs Abuquthailah T (KUW) – M 57 Kg Round of 16 – 13:00 IST

Narender Vs Ramezanpourdelavar (IRI) – M 92+ kg Quarter Final – 14:15 IST

Nishant Dev Vs Oqazawa SQM (JPN) – M 71 Kg Quarter Final – 18:30 IST

6. Bridge

Jaggy Shivdasani, Sandeep Thakral, Rajeshwar Tiwari, Sumit Mukherjee, Raju Tolani, Ajay Khare – Men Team Round Robin – Qualification Round 2-1 – 06:30 IST

Kiran Nadar, B Satyanarayana, Himani Khandelwal, Rajeev Khandelwal, Marianne Karmarkar, Sandeep Karmarkar – Mixed Team – Qualification Round 2-1 – 06:30 IST

Asha Sharma, Puja Batra, Bharti Dey, Alka Kshirsagar, Kalpana Gurjar, Vidya Patel – Women Team – Qualification Round 2-1 – 11:00 IST

7. Kayaking & Canoeing

Niraj Verma – M Canoe Singles 1000m – Heat 1 – 07:20 IST

Team India – W Kayak Double 500m – Heat 2 – 07:45 IST

Team India – M Canoe Double 500m – Heat 1 – 08:15 IST

Team India – W Kayak Double 500m – Semi Final (If Qualified) – 13:00 IST

Team India – M Canoe Double 500m – Semi Final (If Qualified) – 13:15 IST

Niraj Verma – M Canoe Singles 1000m – Semi Final (If Qualified)– 12:45 IST

8. Chess

Men’s Team – Round 2 – 12:30 IST

Women’s Team – Round 2 – 12:30 IST

9. Equestrian

Ashish Limaye, Major Apurva Dabhade, Vikas Kumar – Eventing Dressage (Team & Individual) – 05:30 IST

10. Golf

P Sharath Urs, A Prashanth, A Ashok – Women’s Individual & Team – Round 3 – 04:30 IST

Anirban Lahiri, S.S.P Chawrasia, KH Joshi, S Sharma – Men’s Individual & Team – Round 3 – 04:30 IST

11. Handball

Women’s Team Vs Nepal – Preliminary Round – Group B – 11:30 IST

12. Hockey

Men’s Team Vs Pakistan – Preliminary Men’s Pool A – 18:15 IST

13. Kurash

Pincky Balhara & Suchika Tariyal – W -52kg – Preliminary & Elimination – 06:00 IST

Keshav – M -66Kg Preliminary & Elimination – 06:00 IST

Pincky Balhara & Suchika Tariyal – W -52kg – Semi-finals & Finals (If Qualified) – 11:30 IST

Keshav – M -66Kg Semi finals & Finals (If Qualified) – 11:30 IST

14. Roller Skating

Aarthy Kasturiraj – W Speed Skating 10 Km – Elimination Race & Finals– 06:30 IST

15. Shooting

Sarabjot Singh & Divya T S – 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Qualification – 06:30 IST

Prithviraj Tondaiman, Kynan Chenai, Zoravar Singh Sandhu – Trap-50 shots (Individual & Team) – Qualification (Stage 1) – 06:30 IST

Manisha Keer, Preeti Rajak, Rajeshwari Kumari – Trap-50 shots (Individual & Team) Qualification (Stage 1) – 06:30 IST

Sarabjot Singh & Divya T S – 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team (If Qualified) – Bronze Medal Match 1 (If Qualified) – 8:15 IST

Sarabjot Singh & Divya T S – 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team (If Qualified) – Bronze Medal Match 2 (If Qualified) – 8:40 IST

Sarabjot Singh & Divya T S – 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team (If Qualified) – Gold Medal Match (If Qualified) – 9:05 IST

16. Squash

Men’s Team Vs Pakistan – Final – 13:00 IST

17. Table Tennis

Shah Manush Utpalbhai & Thakkar Manav Vikash Vs Jang Woojin & Lim Jonghoon (Korea) – Men’s Doubles – Quarter – Finals – 10:15 IST

Manika Batra Vs Wang Yidi (China) – Women’s Singles Quarter – Finals – 11:00 IST

Ayhika Mukherjee/Sutirtha Mukherjee Vs Chen Meng/Wang Yidi (China) – Women’s Doubles Quarterfinals – 16:00 IST

18. Tennis

Rohan Bopanna & Rutuja Bhosale Vs Tsung-hao Huang & En-shuo Liang (Chinese Taipei) – Mixed Doubles – Finals – 10:30 IST

19. Volleyball

Indian Team Vs DPR Korea – Women’s Volleyball Preliminary Round (Pool A) – 8:00 IST

20. Weightlifting

Saikhom Mirabai Chanu – 49 Kg Group B – 07:30 IST

Sorokhaibam Bindyarani Devi – 55 Kg Group B – 07:30 IST

Saikhom Mirabai Chanu – 49 Kg Group A (If Qualified) – 07:30 IST – 12:30 IST

Sorokhaibam Bindyarani Devi – 55 Kg Group A (If Qualified) – 16:30 IST