TheSportsRush takes a look at India’s Day 2 schedule at Asian Games 2018, as Indian athletes will compete to add to the medal tally.
The Asian Games have begun in Jakarta and Palembang to a huge fanfare. After an action-packed day one, India continues to have a jam-packed schedule on the second day at the Asian Games 2018.
Big names, including Vinesh Phogat and Sumit Malik will be in action in the wrestling event, while Manavjit Singh Sandhu will partner Lakshay in the Trap event. The Indian men’s hockey team will also enter the field to play their first match of the Asian Games against host nation Indonesia.
Here is the full list of the events where Indian athletes will be in action.
Aquatics (Swimming)
Men:
Neel Roy (200m individual medley)
Sajan Prakash, Avinash Mani, Saurabh Sangvekar (4x200m Freestyle Relay)
Badminton
Men’s Team: Round of 16
Women’s Team: Round of 16
Field Hockey
Men – India vs Indonesia – 6:30 PM
Gymnastics (Artistic)
Men’s Individual All-Round (Medal Event) – Rakesh Patra, Yogeshwar Singh, Gaurav Kumar, Ashish Kumar, Siddharth Verma
Men’s team all-round (Qualification) – Rakesh Patra, Yogeshwar Singh, Gaurav Kumar, Ashish Kumar, Siddharth Verma
Kabaddi
India (Men and Women) are placed in Group A.
Rowing
Men:
Om Prakash, Sukhmeet Singh, Monu, Arjun Lal – Quadruple Sculls
Dushyant – Lightweight Single Sculls
Rohit Kumar, Bhagwan Singh – Lightweight Double Sculls
Akshat, N Pranay Ganesh, Rahul Giri, Lucky, Pandu Rang, Sumith, Hardeep Singh, Manish Yadav, M Lakshman Rohith – Lightweight Eight
Women:
Harpreet Kaur, Annu, Sanjukta Dung Dung, Sayali Shelke – Women’s Four
Also read: New events where India will participate at the Asian Games 2018
Sepak takraw
Men’s Team Regu – India vs Iran – 7:30 AM
Women’s Team Regu – India vs Laos – 10:30 AM
Shooting
Men:
Ravi Kumar, Deepak Kumar – 10m Air Rifle Qualification – 8:30 (Medal event – 10:30 AM)
Lakshay, Manavjit Singh Sandhu – Trap Qualification – 9:00 AM (Medal event – 4:00 PM)
Women:
Apurvi Chandela, Elavenil Valarivan – 10m Air Rifle Qualification – 10:30 AM (Medal event – 12:30 PM)
Shreyasi Singh, Seema Tomar – Trap Qualification – 8:00 AM (Medal Event – 2:00 PM)
Taekwondo
Latika Bhandari – 53 kg
Tennis
Men’s Singles – Round of 32
Women’s Singles – Round of 32
Men’s Doubles (1st Round) – Rohan Bopanna/Divij Sharan
Women’s Doubles (1st Round) – Pranjala Yadlapalli/Rutuja Bhosale, Riya Bhatia/Prarthana Thombare
Volleyball – Indoor Competition
Men’s – India vs Hong Kong – 6:00 PM
Wrestling
Men:
Sumit Malik (125 kg)
Women:
Vinesh Phogat (50 kg), Pinki (53 kg), Pooja Dhanda (57 kg), Sakshi Malik (62 kg)
Wushu
Men:
Round of 16
Women:
Round of 16
