India's Schedule At Asian Para Games 2026, October 19: Nishad Kumar Leads Medal Hunt; Avani Lekhara In Action

India's Schedule At Asian Para Games 2026, October 19© X (Twitter)

India will look to begin its medal campaign on a strong note at the 2026 Asian Para Games, with several prominent athletes set to lead the country's challenge across para athletics, para swimming, para powerlifting, para archery and para shooting. Paralympic medallists Nishad Kumar and Ajeet Singh Yadav, along with world champions Rinku Hooda, will be among India's key contenders in para athletics as the country's athletes look to make an early impact at the continental multi-sport event. India will also have medal prospects in para swimming and para powerlifting, with athletes aiming to convert their preparations into podium finishes as competition gets underway.

In para archery, experienced campaigners Harvinder Singh and Sheetal Devi, along with Payal Nag, will begin their respective campaigns. The archers will look to deliver strong performances as India seeks success in the precision-based discipline. Meanwhile, India's para shooting campaign will feature Avani Lekhara, who will be among the athletes looking to add to the country's medal tally.

Here is the schedule of Indian athletes at the Asian Para Games 2026 on October 19:

Para Archery

04:30 AM

Harvinder Singh, Vijay Sundi - Men's Recurve Individual, Doubles & Mixed Ranking Round

Sheetal Devi, Payal Nag - Women's Compound Individual, Doubles & Mixed Ranking Round

Swati Chaudhary - Women's W1 Individual & Mixed Ranking Round

09:15 AM

Bhawna Choudhary, Pooja Jatyan - Women's Recurve Individual, Doubles & Mixed Ranking Round

Shyam Sundar Swami, Toman Kumar - Men's Compound Individual, Doubles & Mixed Ranking Round

Amol Vinayak Breed, Adil Ansari - Men's W1 Individual & Mixed Ranking Round

Para Badminton

05:30 AM

Nitesh Kumar/Thulasimathi Murugesan vs Chen Pengfei/Huang Zixuan (China) - Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5 Group B

05:35 AM

Ruthick Ragupathi/Manasi Joshi vs Khian Urbano/Kathleen Pedrosa (Philippines) - Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5 Group C

06:00 AM

Prem Kumar Ale vs Muhammad Bin Ramli (Malaysia) - Men's Singles WH1 Group A

06:15 AM

Sudarsan Muthusamy vs Dimas Tri Aji (Indonesia) - Men's Singles SH6 Group B

06:20 AM

Krishna Nagar vs Lin Naili (China) - Men's Singles SH6 Group C

07:00 AM

Sivarajan Solaimalai vs Faiq Zali (Brunei) - Men's Singles SH6 Group D

07:05 AM

Pramod Bhagat vs Lee Seunghu (South Korea) - Men's Singles SL3 Group B

07:45 AM

Naveen Sivakumar vs Sunwoo Jeon (South Korea) - Men's Singles SL4 Group A

Umesh Kumar vs Yi Yuzhe (China) - Men's Singles SL3 Group C

07:50 AM

Sukant Kadam vs Sanjeewa Madduma (Sri Lanka) - Men's Singles SL4 Group B

09:15 AM

Nitesh Kumar vs Dongjae Joo (South Korea) - Men's Singles SL3 Group A

10:00 AM

Ruthick Ragupathi vs Pricha Somsiri (Thailand) - Men's Singles SU5 Group C

10:30 AM

Rakesh Pandey vs Fang Jen-yu (Chinese Taipei) - Men's Singles SU5 Group B

Abhijeet Sakhuja vs Prakash Adhikari (Nepal) - Men's Singles SL4 Group F

10:45 AM

Hubaida Abu/Prem Kumar Ale vs Daiki Kajiwara/Keita Nishimura (Japan) - Men's Doubles WH1-WH2 Group A

11:15 AM

Suryakant Yadav vs Chen Pengfei (China) - Men's Singles SL4 Group C

Suhas Lalinakere vs Fredy Setiawan (Indonesia) - Men's Singles SL4 Group E

11:30 AM

Shanthiya Vishwanathan vs Yang Quixia (China) - Women's Singles SU5 Group A

12:00 PM

Sukant Kadam/Pramod Bhagat vs Suryo Nugroho/Muh Al Imran (Indonesia) - Men's Doubles SL3-SU5 Group D

12:30 PM

Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan vs Apriliyana Sulistyawati (Indonesia) - Women's Singles SH6 Group A

Thulasimathi Murugesan vs Wong Lai Ming (Hong Kong China) - Women's Singles SU5 Group B

12:45 PM

Manisha Ramdass vs Warining Rahayu (Indonesia) - Women's Singles SU5 Group A

Mandeep Kaur vs Zuxian Xiao (China) - Women's Singles SL3 Group C

01:00 PM

Alphia James vs Amnouy Wetwithan (Thailand) - Women's Singles WH2 Group B

01:30 PM

Nitesh Kumar/Ruthick Ragupathi vs Seunghu Lee/Jeongsoo Lee (South Korea) - Men's Doubles SL3-SU5 Group C

Hardik Makkar vs Tay Wei Ming (Singapore) - Men's Singles SU5 Group F

01:45 PM

Mythili Haris vs Mohammed Alameer (Iraq) - Men's Singles WH2 Group E

02:00 PM

Suryakant Yadav/Naveen Sivakumar vs Mohammad Ali Imam/Joytu Dhar (Bangladesh) - Men's Doubles SU5 Group B

02:15 PM

Neeraj vs Siti Mat Lawani (Malaysia) - Women's Singles SL3 Group C

02:30 PM

Hubaida Abu/Pallavi Kaluvehalli vs Qu Zimo/Liu Yutong (China) - Mixed Doubles WH1-WH2 Group B

03:00 PM

Krishna Nagar/Sivarajan Solaimalai vs Dimas Tri Aji/Subhan (Indonesia) - Men's Doubles SH6 Group Stage

TBD

Pallavi Kaluvehalli/Alphia James vs Amnouy Wetwithan/Onanong Phraikeo (Thailand) - Women's Doubles WH1-WH2 Group B

Mandeep Kaur/Shanthiya Vishwanathan vs Wong Lai Ming/Zhang Tsz Huen (Hong Kong China) - Women's Doubles SL3-SU5 Group B

Thulasimathi Murugesan/Manasi Joshi vs Yang Quixia/Xiao Zuxian (China) - Women's Doubles SL3-SU5 Group A

Para Shooting

06:30 AM

Swaroop Unhalkar, Rakesh Nidagundi, Anandha Krishnan - Men's R1 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 Qualification

Avani Lekhara, Mona Agarwal - Women's R2 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 Qualification

Para Table Tennis

06:35 AM

Baby Sahana Ravi vs Altynay Yerzhankyzy (Kazakhstan) - Women's Singles Class 9 Group B

Sonalben Patel vs Chao Pei-hsi (Chinese Taipei) - Women's Singles Class 3 Group B

07:30 AM

Ekta Bhyan vs Eun Hee Kim (South Korea) - Women's Singles Class 1 Group A

08:50 AM

Savita Ajjanakatti vs Asako Kurashimo (Japan) - Women's Singles Class 8 Group A

Jehan Madan vs Hyeonuk Kim (South Korea) - Men's Singles Class 1 Group A

Sandeep Dangi vs Rakan Al-Salmi (Saudi Arabia) - Men's Singles Class 1 Group A

Prachi Pandey vs Kanokporn Phathumchai (Thailand) - Women's Singles Class 6 Group A

TBD

Shubham Wadhwa vs Feng Panfeng (China) - Men's Singles Class 3 Quarterfinal

Blind Football

09:00 AM

India vs Thailand - Men's Preliminary Round

Boccia

07:05 AM

Anjali Devi vs Choi Ye Jin (South Korea) - Women's Individual BC3 Pool A

Sachin Chamaria vs Kazuki Takahashi (Japan) - Men's Individual BC3 Pool A

12:05 PM

Sachin Chamaria vs Howon Jeong (South Korea) - Men's Individual BC3 Pool A

Para Cycling

07:19 AM

Arshad Shaikh - Men's C1-2 3000m Individual Pursuit Qualifying

Para Swimming

07:32 AM

Swatik Patil - Men's 200m Individual Medley SM9 Heats

01:30 PM

Gopichand Lingutla, Niranjan Mukundan - Men's 400m Freestyle S7 Final

01:38 PM

Vaishnavi Jagtap - Women's 400m Freestyle S8 Final

02:47 PM

Himanshu Nandal - Men's 100m Backstroke S11 Final

02:57 PM

Ravi Budigina - Men's 100m Freestyle S13 Final

04:46 PM

Kapil Kumar, Ajay Bhosale - Men's 100m Freestyle S10 Final

Para Athletics

11:35 AM

Suchitra Parida - Women's Javelin Throw F55/F56 Qualification

01:40 PM

Nishad Kumar - Men's Long Jump T47 Final

02:10 PM

Deepthi Jeevanji - Women's 400m T20 Heats

03:07 PM

Ravanni Valasanaini - Women's 200m T11 Heats

03:35 PM

Ajeet Singh Yadav, Rinku Hooda - Men's Javelin Throw F46 Final

03:55 PM

Radha Venkatesh, Soumya - Women's 1500m T12/T13 Final

04:03 PM

Rakshita Raju, Ravanni Valasanaini - Women's 1500m T11 Final

04:30 PM

Pranav Desai - Men's 200m T64 Final

04:37 PM

Anjanaben Bumbadiya, Jayanti Behera - Women's 200m T47 Heats

Para Powerlifting

01:00 PM

Jaspreet Kaur - Women's 45kg Final

02:30 PM

Manish Kumar, Paramjeet Kumar - Men's 59kg Final

Para Judo

Kapil Parmar - Men's J1 -70kg Quarterfinal (TBD)

Kokila Kaushiklate - Women's J2 -52kg Semifinal (TBD)

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