India have a packed Day 3 at the in Aichi-Nagoya on Monday, with medal sessions in shooting, wushu, swimming and soft tennis. After Elavenil Valarivan’s two silvers on Sunday, the men’s 10m air rifle trio of Rudrankksh Patil, Himanshu Dhillon and Parth Rakesh Mane lead the next medal brief. India will also play Pakistan twice in.
The women’s cricket team is already in the gold-medal match after beating Bangladesh by 114 runs in the semi-final. That final against Sri Lanka is on Tuesday, so Monday is a rest day for the cricketers and a heavy day for shooters, swimmers and team sports.
The first medal chance comes at 5:30 AM IST, when Nyeman Wangsu contests the women’s Changquan final. At the same time, Aadhya Tiwari and Jay Meena start mixed-doubles group matches in soft tennis, and the men’s sepak takraw team face Japan.
From 6:15 AM IST, Patil, Dhillon and Mane shoot the men’s 10m air rifle individual qualification and the team final. The individual final, if any Indian qualifies, is at 9:00 AM. Skeet also begins at 6:30 AM for both men and women, with team finals on Day 1 of that programme.
Women’s table tennis play Pakistan in Group F at 6:30 AM IST. The men’s team meet Pakistan at 3:30 PM. Women’s hockey face Indonesia at 9:30 AM. Men’s kabaddi play Japan at 9:45 AM and women’s kabaddi take on Bangladesh at 4:15 PM. The men’s badminton team open their knockout campaign against Bangladesh at 11:30 AM.
meets Singapore’s Teo Hui Hoon in the women’s traditional 60kg MMA semi-final from 8:30 AM. Boxer Sumit faces Thailand’s Bunjong Sinsiri in the men’s 70kg round of 32. Later, Roshibina Devi and Aryan enter wushu sanda last-16 ties.
Sunday left India with two shooting silvers and a cricket final already booked. Monday’s main draws for home viewers are the air-rifle range and the India-Pakistan table tennis ties.
