India will send a 499-member athlete contingent to the Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, with Indian athletes scheduled to compete across 36 sports disciplines.
The Indian contingent includes 267 male and 232 female athletes. Athletics has the largest group, while field hockey, cricket, shooting and kabaddi also account for sizeable Indian squads.
The Asian Games officially begin on September 19, 2026, although some competitions involving Indian athletes start before the opening ceremony. The final Indian roster is marked as subject to change.
India at Asian Games 2026: Key Numbers
| Detail | India |
|---|---|
| Athletes | 499* |
| Male athletes | 267 |
| Female athletes | 232 |
| Sports | 36 |
| Largest squad | Athletics – 74 |
| Field hockey | 40 |
| Cricket | 30 |
| Shooting | 30 |
| Kabaddi | 24 |
| Previous Asian Games | Hangzhou 2022 |
*The contingent can change before or during the Games.
India sent 661 athletes to the Hangzhou Asian Games in 2022, where the country won a record 106 medals. The Aichi-Nagoya edition therefore features a smaller athlete contingent, while India remains represented across a wide range of Olympic and Asian Games disciplines.
Full India Contingent for Asian Games 2026
Archery
India's archery contingent includes athletes in recurve and compound events.
Men's Recurve
Dhiraj Bommadevara — Individual & Team
Neeraj Chauhan — Individual & Team
Yashdeep Bhoge — Individual & Team
Women's Recurve
Kumkum Mohod — Individual & Team
Kirti Sharma — Individual & Team
Ankita Bhakat — Individual & Team
Men's Compound
Thirumuru Ganesh Mani Ratnam — Individual & Team
Sahil Jadhav — Individual & Team
Kushal Dalal — Individual & Team
Women's Compound
Jyothi Surekha Vennam — Individual & Team
Chikitha Taniparthi — Individual & Team
Prithika Pradeep — Individual & Team
Athletics
Athletics is India's largest discipline in the Aichi-Nagoya contingent, with track, field and combined events.
Men's Track
Animesh Kujur — 100m, 200m, 4x100m Mixed Relay
Gurindervir Singh — 100m, 4x100m Mixed Relay
Rajesh Ramesh — 400m, 4x400m Men's Relay
Vishal TK — 400m, 4x400m Men's Relay
Manu TS — 4x400m Mixed Relay, 4x400m Men's Relay
Jay Kumar — 4x400m Mixed Relay, 4x400m Men's Relay
Mohammed Ashfaq — 4x400m Men's Relay
Dharmveer Singh — 4x400m Men's Relay
Pranav Gurav — 4x100m Mixed Relay
Yashas Palaksha — 400m Hurdles
Santhosh Thamilarasan — 400m Hurdles
Mohammed Afsal — 800m
Krishna Kumar — 800m
Gulveer Singh — 1500m, 5000m, 10000m
Yoonus Shah — 1500m
Avinash Sable — 3000m Steeplechase, 5000m
Kartik Karkera — Marathon
Sawan Barwal — Marathon
Women's Track
Jyothi Yarraji — 100m Hurdles
Nandhini Kongan — 100m Hurdles
Unnathi Bollanda — 200m, 4x100m Mixed Relay
Harita Bhadra — 200m, 4x100m Mixed Relay
Tamanna Dhankeri — 4x100m Mixed Relay, 4x100m Women's Relay
Srabani Nanda — 4x100m Women's Relay
Sneha Gowda Sathyanarayana — 4x100m Mixed Relay, 4x100m Women's Relay
Abinaya Rajarajan — 4x100m Women's Relay
Sudeshna Shivankar Hanmant Shanuvalli — 4x100m Women's Relay
Prachi Choudhary — 400m, 4x400m Women's Relay
Kiran Pahal — 400m, 4x400m Women's Relay
Ansa Babu — 4x400m Mixed Relay, 4x400m Women's Relay
Rashdeep Kaur — 4x400m Mixed Relay, 4x400m Women's Relay
Neeru Pathak — 4x400m Women's Relay
Poovamma R Machettira — 4x400m Women's Relay
Kumari Saloni Nagar — 4x400m Women's Relay
Anu Raghavan — 400m Hurdles
Vithya Ramraj — 400m Hurdles, 4x400m Women's Relay
Gowthami Jayaraman — 800m
Pooja Olla — 800m, 1500m
Parul Chaudhary — 1500m, 3000m Steeplechase, 5000m
Seema Kumari — 5000m, 10000m
Ankita — 3000m Steeplechase
Priyanka Goswami — Marathon Race Walk
Manju Rani — Marathon Race Walk
Men's Field Events
Sarvesh Kushare — High Jump
J Aadarsh Ram — High Jump
Sreeshankar Murali — Long Jump
Praveen Chithravel — Triple Jump
Karthik Unnikrishnan — Triple Jump
Tajinderpal Singh Toor — Shot Put
Karanveer Singh — Shot Put
Praveen Kumar — Hammer Throw
Damneet Singh — Hammer Throw
Yash Vir Singh — Javelin Throw
Rohit Yadav — Javelin Throw
Kuldeep Kumar — Pole Vault
Dev Meena — Pole Vault
Women's Field Events
Pooja Singh — High Jump
Supriya Basavaraju — High Jump
Ancy Sojan — Long Jump
Shaili Singh — Long Jump
Niharika Vashisht — Triple Jump
Asha Ilango — Triple Jump
Manpreet Kaur — Shot Put
Krishna Jayasankar Menon — Shot Put
Seema Kaliramna — Discus Throw
Sanya Yadav — Discus Throw
Anushka Yadav — Hammer Throw
Tanya Chaudhary — Hammer Throw
Sindhushree Ganesh — Pole Vault
Baranica Elangovan — Pole Vault
Combined Events
N Thowfeeq — Decathlon
Tejaswin Shankar — Decathlon
Anamika Aneesh Kozhinjaparambil — Heptathlon
Pooja Sharma — Heptathlon
Badminton
Men
Lakshya Sen — Singles, Team
Ayush Shetty — Singles, Team
HS Prannoy — Team
Kidambi Srikanth — Team
Tharun Mannepalli — Team
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy — Doubles, Team
Chirag Shetty — Doubles, Team
Hariharan Amsakarunan — Doubles, Team
Arjun MR — Doubles, Team
Dhruv Kapila — Mixed Doubles, Team
Women
PV Sindhu — Singles, Team
Unnati Hooda — Singles, Team
Devika Sihag — Team
Tanvi Sharma — Team
Isharani Baruah — Team
Treesa Jolly — Doubles, Team
Gayatri Gopichand — Doubles, Team
Kavipriya Selvam — Doubles, Team
Simran Singhi — Doubles, Team
Tanisha Crasto — Mixed Doubles, Team
Boxing
Jadumani Singh — Men's 55 kg
Sachin Siwach — Men's 60 kg
Sumit Kundu — Men's 70 kg
Ankush Panghal — Men's 80 kg
Kapil Pokhariya — Men's 90 kg
Narender Berwal — Men's 90+ kg
Sakshi Choudhary — Women's 51 kg
Preeti Pawar — Women's 54 kg
Priya Ghanghas — Women's 60 kg
Parveen Hooda — Women's 65 kg
Lovlina Borgohain — Women's 75 kg
Canoeing
Slalom
Hitesh Kewat — Men's K-1, Kayak Cross
Pradhyumna Singh Rathod — Men's K-1, Kayak Cross
Pallavi Jagtap — Women's K-1
Rina Sen — Women's K-1
Shikha Chouhan — Women's Kayak Cross
Sprint
Gyaneshwor Singh Philem — Men's C-2 500m, Mixed C-2 500m
Raju Rawat — Men's C-2 500m
Soniya Devi Phairembam — Women's C-1 200m, Women's K-2 500m, Women's K-4 500m
Neha Devi Leichonbam — Women's C-2 500m
Megha Pradeep — Women's C-2 500m, Mixed C-2 500m
Prohit Baroi — Men's K-2 500m
CS Prasanna Kumar — Men's K-2 500m, Mixed K-2 500m
Naocha Singh Laitonjam — Men's K-4 500m
Harshwardhan Singh Shaktawat — Men's K-4 500m
Varinder Singh — Men's K-4 500m
Oinam Arun Singh — Men's K-4 500m
Dhanamjuri Devi Khwairakpam — Women's K-2 500m, Women's K-4 500m
Paravathy Geetha — Women's K-4 500m, Mixed K-2 500m
Pooja — Women's K-4 500m
Cricket
Men
Shreyas Iyer — Captain
Tilak Varma — Vice-Captain
Abhishek Sharma
Sanju Samson — Wicketkeeper
Ishan Kishan — Wicketkeeper
Shivam Dube
Axar Patel
Washington Sundar
Ravi Bishnoi
Jasprit Bumrah
Arshdeep Singh
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi
Yash Thakur
Vipraj Nigam
Women
Harmanpreet Kaur — Captain
Smriti Mandhana — Vice-Captain
Shafali Verma
Deepti Sharma
Richa Ghosh — Wicketkeeper
Gunalan Kamalini — Wicketkeeper
Bharti Fulmali
Shree Charani
Renuka Singh Thakur
Kranti Gaud
Arundhati Reddy
Shreyanka Patil
Radha Yadav
Nandani Sharma
Pratika Rawal
Cycling
Men
Harshveer Singh Sekhon — Keirin, Omnium, Madison
Vishavjeet Singh — Madison
Ronaldo Singh Laitonjam — Individual Sprint, Team Sprint
David Beckham Elkatohchoongo — Individual Sprint, Team Sprint
Jemsh Singh Keithellakpam — Team Sprint
Rojit Singh — Team Sprint
Women
Keerthi Chikka Rangaswamy — Keirin, Team Sprint
Harshita Jakhar — Madison, Omnium, Team Pursuit
Swasti Singh — Madison, Team Pursuit
Meenakshi Rohilla — Team Pursuit
Pooja Danole — Team Pursuit
Sarita Kumari — Individual Sprint, Team Sprint
Triyasha Paul — Individual Sprint, Team Sprint
Celestina Chelobroy — Team Sprint
Equestrian
Dressage
Shruti Vora — Magnanimous
Gaurav Pundir — Milli
Jai Sud — Goofy La Perla
Hriday Chheda — Dono Di Maggio
Eventing
Ahaan Kumar — Bolivar Gio Granno
Ashish Limaye — Willy Be Dun
Arjan Nagra — Cooley Goodwood
Fouaad Mirza — Camouflage 38
Esports
Chinmay Sahoo — eFootball
Danial Patel — eFootball
Paritosh — Puyo Puyo Champions
Ahmed Israr — League of Legends
Rahul Bisht — League of Legends
Sanindhya Malik — League of Legends
Akshaj Shenoy — League of Legends
Aakash Shandilya — League of Legends
Mihir Ranjan — League of Legends
Adnan Badshah — Pokémon UNITE
Deepkumar Patel — Pokémon UNITE
Dipjyoti Nath — Pokémon UNITE
Reuben Fernandes — Pokémon UNITE
Rudra Nayak — Pokémon UNITE
Sai Krishna Nalluri — Pokémon UNITE
Fencing
Men
Sachin — Individual & Team Foil
Hemash Singh Sanasam — Individual & Team Foil
Aditya Badser — Team Foil
Tejas Patil — Team Foil
Gishonidhi P Kumarasen — Individual & Team Sabre
Karan Singh — Individual & Team Sabre
Lakshya Badser — Team Sabre
Vishal Thapar — Team Sabre
Women
Bhavani Devi — Individual & Team Sabre
Shreya Gupta — Individual & Team Sabre
Jefarlin Jani S — Team Sabre
Shruti Joshi — Team Sabre
Tanishka Khatri — Individual & Team Épée
Anupriya — Individual & Team Épée
Mitva Chaudhari — Team Épée
Yashkeerat Kaur Hayer — Team Épée
Mina Devi Naorem — Individual & Team Foil
Joys Ashita Stalinraj — Individual & Team Foil
Kanupriya Chawla — Team Foil
Sonia Devi Waikhom — Team Foil
Field Hockey
Men
Harmanpreet Singh — Captain
Mohith HS — Goalkeeper
Suraj Karkera — Goalkeeper
Jarmanpreet Singh
Amit Rohidas
Jugraj Singh
Sanjay Rana
Sumit Kumar
Yashdeep Siwach
Rajinder Singh
Raj Kumar Pal
Hardik Singh
Manpreet Singh
Nilakanta Sharma
Vivek Sagar Prasad
Dilpreet Singh
Shilanand Lakra
Sukhjeet Singh
Mandeep Singh
Abhishek Nain
Women
Salima Tete — Captain
Savita — Goalkeeper
Bichu Devi Kharibam — Goalkeeper
Ishika Chaudhary
Sushila Chanu Pukhrambam
Lalthantluangi
Jyoti Singh
Shilpi Dabas
Nikki Pradhan
Sakshi Rana
Sunelita Toppo
Neha Goyal
Deepika Soreng
Lalremsiami Hmarzote
Rutuja Dadaso Pisal
Navneet Kaur
Deepika Sehrawat
Ishika
Baljeet Kaur
Beauty Dungdung
Golf
Men
Veer Ahlawat — Individual & Team
Yuvraj Sandhu — Individual & Team
Saptak Talwar — Individual & Team
Women
Aditi Ashok — Individual & Team
Pranavi Urs — Individual & Team
Diksha Dagar — Individual & Team
Gymnastics
Pranati Nayak — All-Around & Vault
Judo
Asmita Dey — Women's 48 kg
Yamini Mourya — Women's 57 kg
Inunganbi Takhellambam — Women's 70 kg
Kabaddi
Men
Sunil Kumar — Captain
Pawan Kumar Sehrawat
Ashu Malik
Ankit Jaglan
Devank Dalal
Rahul Sethpal
Sumit Sangwan
Jaideep Dahiya
Ayan Lohchab
Arjun Deshwal
Gaurav Khatri
Aslam Inamdar
Women
Pushpa Rana — Captain
Jyoti Thakur
Nikita
Pooja Hathwala
Raj Rani
Ritu Sheoran
Bhavna Devi Thakur
Sanju Devi
Manisha Kumari
Ritu Negi
Pinki Roy
Sonali Shinghate
Karate
Chetan Bhatt — Men's Kumite 84 kg
Alisha Choudhary — Women's Kumite 55 kg
Kurash
Men
Vipin Kumar — 66 kg
Vishal — +90 kg
Yash Chauhan — +90 kg
Women
Bharti — 57 kg
Sangita — 57 kg
Pincky Balhara — 78 kg
Mixed Martial Arts
Varun Sanyal — Men's Traditional 77 kg
Suchika Tariyal — Women's Traditional 60 kg
Rowing
Sculling
Balraj Panwar — Men's Quadruple
Jakar Khan — Men's Quadruple
Salman Khan — Men's Quadruple
Satnam Singh Ghurde — Men's Quadruple
Ajay Tyagi — Men's Lightweight Double
Ujjwal Kumar Singh — Men's Lightweight Double
Navdeep Singh — Men's Double
Kulwinder Singh — Men's Double
Arvind Singh — Men's Single
Sweep Rowing
Vipul Satish — Men's Pair
Saurav Kumar — Men's Pair
Jaswinder Singh — Men's Four
Babu Lal Yadav — Men's Four
Yogesh Kumar — Men's Four
Nitin Kumar — Men's Four
Poonam — Women's Four
Aleena Anto — Women's Four
Tendenthoi Devi Haobijam — Women's Four
Gurbani Kaur — Women's Four
Rugby Sevens
Women
Shikha Yadav — Captain
Amandeep Kaur
Guriya Kumari
Ujjwala Ghuge
Parbati Hansdah
Arti Kumari
Dumuni Marandi
Kalyani Patil
Vaishnavi Patil
Sandhya Rai
Nirmalya Raut
Bhumika Shukla
Sandhyarani Tudu
Sailing
Men
Vishnu Saravanan — Men's ILCA 7
Manu Francis — Men's 49er
Prince Noble — Men's 49er
Ravindra Sharma — Mixed 470
Women
Nethra Kumanan — Women's ILCA 6
Katya Coelho — Women's IQ Foil
Harshita Tomar — Women's 49er FX
Shital Verma — Women's 49er FX
Mahi Verma — Women's ILCA 4
Shraddha Verma — Mixed 470
Sepak Takraw
Men
Arun Raju
Jasvir Sukhbir Singh
Ashish Chundawat
Shyam Chundawat
Lokhon Singh Elangbam
Bobby Kumar
Ashok Singh Mayengbam
Ram Kumar Sharma
Amarjit Singha
Malemnganba Singh Sorokhaibam
Henary Singh Wahengbam
Akash Yumnam
Women
Maipak Devi Ayekpam
Priya Devi Elangbam
Shilpa Elangbam
Chaoba Devi Oinam
Seyiekhrieno Tepa
Malemnganbi Yumnam
Leirentonbi Devi Elangbam
Prity Langoljam
Menenu Tsukru
Shooting
Rifle
Rudrankksh Patil
Parth Mane
Himanshu Dhillon
Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar
Niraj Kumar
Elavenil Valarivan
Sonam Maskar
Vidarsha Vinod
Tilottama Sen
Ashi Chouksey
Pistol
Anish Bhanwala
Kedarling Uchaganve
Kamaljee
Aakash Bharadwaj
Manu Bhaker
Esha Singh
Suruchi Singh
Rahi Sarnobat
Shotgun
Kynan Chenai
Ahvar Rizvi
Shapath Bharadwaj
Anantjeet Singh Naruka
Bhavtegh Singh Gill
Mairaj Ahmad Khan
Manisha Keer
Neeru Dhanda
Aashima Ahlawat
Parinaaz Dhaliwal
Raiza Dhillon
Maheshwari Chauhan
Soft Tennis
Men
Jay Meena — Singles, Team
Aryan Thakur — Singles, Team
Aniket Chirag Patel — Mixed Doubles, Team
Yogesh Choudhary — Team
Om Yadav — Team
Women
Aadhya Tiwari — Singles, Mixed Doubles
Sport Climbing
Deepu Mallesh — Men's Speed
Joga Purty — Women's Speed
Squash
Men
Abhay Singh — Singles, Team
Veer Chotrani — Singles, Team
Velavan Senthilkumar — Mixed Doubles, Team
Suraj Chand Kumar — Mixed Doubles, Team
Women
Anahat Singh — Singles, Team
Joshna Chinappa — Mixed Doubles, Team
Tanvi Khanna — Singles, Team
Shameena Riaz — Mixed Doubles, Team
Surfing
Kishore Kumar Anbarashu — Men's Shortboard
Sivaraj Babu — Men's Shortboard
Kamali Prakash — Women's Shortboard
Sugar Shanti Gayen — Women's Shortboard
Swimming
Men
Akash Mani
Aneesh Gowda
Aryan Nehra
Danush Suresh
Dhakshan Shashikumar
Heer Gitesh Shah
Rishabh Das
Rohit Benedicton
Sajan Prakash
Srihari Nataraj
Utkarsh Santosh Patil
Vedaant Madhavan
Table Tennis
Men
Manav Thakkar — Singles, Doubles, Team
Manush Shah — Singles, Doubles, Team
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran — Doubles, Team
Harmeet Desai — Doubles, Mixed Doubles, Team
Payas Jain — Mixed Doubles, Team
Women
Sreeja Akula — Singles, Doubles, Team
Yashaswini Ghorpade — Singles, Mixed Doubles, Team
Sutirtha Mukherjee — Doubles, Team
Diya Chitale — Doubles, Mixed Doubles, Team
Syndrela Das — Doubles, Team
Taekwondo
Rupa Bayor — Women's Individual Poomsae
Kashish Malik — Women's 57 kg
Jyoti Yadav — Women's +67 kg
Tennis
Men
Sumit Nagal — Singles
Yuki Bhambri — Doubles
Dhakshineswar Suresh — Doubles
Anirudh Chandrasekar — Doubles
N. Sriram Balaji — Doubles
Women
Ankita Raina — Doubles
Rutuja Bhosale — Doubles
Teqball
Mohamed Anas Imran Beg — Men's Doubles, Mixed Doubles
Declan Marshall Gonsalves — Men's Doubles
Quimcy Dsouza — Women's Singles, Mixed Doubles
Volleyball
Men
Amit Gulia — Captain
Muthusamy Appavu
Ashwal Rai
Jerome Vinith Charles
Chirag Yadav
Hemanth Pulparambil
Joel Benjamin Jebaraj
John Joseph Eanthungal
Shikhar Singh
Muhammad Nihal Chatham Kulangara
Om Vasant Lad
Anand Kottarathil — Libero
Weightlifting
Women
Mirabai Chanu — 49 kg
Gyaneshwari Yadav — 53 kg
Seram Nirupama Devi — 61 kg
Harjinder Kaur — 69 kg
Wrestling
Men's Freestyle
Aman Sehrawat — 57 kg
Sujeet Kalkal — 65 kg
Sagar Jaglan — 74 kg
Deepak Punia — 97 kg
Rajat Ruhal — 125 kg
Men's Greco-Roman
Sumit Dalal — 60 kg
Aman Baroniya — 77 kg
Sunil Kumar — 87 kg
Nitesh Siwach — 97 kg
Women's Freestyle
Dipanshi — 50 kg
Antim Panghal — 53 kg
Manisha Bhanwala — 57 kg
Mansi Ahlawat — 62 kg
Nisha Dahiya — 68 kg
Priya Malik — 76 kg
Wushu
Men
Aryan Sood — Sanda 56 kg
Vikrant Baliyan — Sanda 75 kg
Suraj Singh Mayanglambam — Taolu, Changquan
Women
Aparna Dahiya — Sanda 52 kg
Naorem Roshibina Devi — Sanda 60 kg
Nyeman Wangsu — Taolu, Changquan
Langlentombi Devi Hanjabam — Taolu, Nanquan & Nandao
Indian Athletes to Follow
Several well-known Indian athletes are included in the Aichi-Nagoya contingent, including PV Sindhu in badminton, Manu Bhaker in shooting, Mirabai Chanu in weightlifting, Aman Sehrawat in wrestling, Lovlina Borgohain in boxing, Harmanpreet Singh in men's hockey and Harmanpreet Kaur in women's cricket.
The contingent also features established Indian names across athletics, archery, table tennis, squash, golf, sailing, swimming, kabaddi and other disciplines.
India at the Asian Games 2026
The Indian campaign covers a broad range of individual and team sports. Cricket and hockey are among the major team competitions, while athletics and shooting provide some of the largest individual-sport groups.
The full contingent can change if replacements or withdrawals are announced before the relevant competitions. The current list should therefore be treated as the latest published roster rather than an immutable final list. The ESPN source itself marks the 499-athlete figure with an asterisk indicating that it is subject to change.
Asian Games 2026 India Schedule and Results
Indian fans can follow individual sport schedules, match fixtures, results and medal events throughout the Aichi-Nagoya Games.
Related guides:
Asian Games 2026 Cricket
Asian Games 2026 Field Hockey
Asian Games 2026 Badminton
Asian Games 2026 Athletics
Asian Games 2026 Shooting
Asian Games 2026 Kabaddi
Asian Games 2026 Wrestling
Asian Games 2026 Opening Ceremony
FAQ
How many Indian athletes are competing at the Asian Games 2026?
The current published Indian contingent contains 499 athletes, including 267 men and 232 women, across 36 sports disciplines. The number is marked as subject to change.
Which sport has the largest Indian contingent?
Athletics has the largest Indian group, with 74 athletes listed in the current contingent.
How many Indian cricket players are going to the Asian Games?
The current list contains 30 cricket players, with 15 men and 15 women.
How many Indian hockey players are in the contingent?
India has 40 field hockey players listed, with 20 men and 20 women.
How many Indian athletes competed at the 2022 Asian Games?
India sent 661 athletes to Hangzhou in 2022 and won a record 106 medals, according to the current contingent report.
When do the Asian Games 2026 begin?
The Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games officially begin on September 19, 2026, in Japan.
Final Update
This page will be updated if India announces changes to the Aichi-Nagoya contingent, including athlete replacements, withdrawals or additions.
Roster information is based on the latest published list and may change before or during the Asian Games.
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