Bhaker and Esha named for women's 25m pistol qualification at Asian Games

Manu Bhaker and Esha Singh featured in the women's 25m pistol individual qualification at the 2026 Asian Games on September 27, 2026, with Rahi Sarnobat also listed in the Indian trio.

India's women's 25m pistol squad — Manu Bhaker, Esha Singh and Rahi Sarnobat — were entered for the 25m Pistol Women Individual Qualification & Team Final (Rapid Stage) scheduled at 6:10 a.m., with the individual final slated for 10:45 a.m.; the entry list for the final carries the note "Subject to qualification" beside all three names.

In men's compound archery, Sahil Jadhav defeated Mongolia's Jamiyangombo Purevdorj 149-137 in the 1/16 elimination, while Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru edged Indonesia's Sostar Andaru Rinaldi 144-142 in his 1/16 match and then beat Jadhav 149-148 in the round of 16 to progress to the quarterfinals.

The competition schedule listed the Compound Men's Individual 1/16 Elimination at 4:45 a.m. with Sahil Jadhav vs Jamiyangombo Purevdorj and Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru vs Sostar Andaru Rinaldi, followed by the 1/8 Elimination at 5:25 a.m.; the Compound Women's Individual 1/16 Elimination had Jyothi Surekha Vennam vs Adel Zhexenbinova (Kazakhstan) and Chikitha Taniparthi scheduled against a to-be-confirmed opponent, with the 1/8 Elimination also shown as "Subject to qualification" for those athletes.

India's wider programme on the day included the men's cricket quarterfinal against Afghanistan, a men's hockey Pool A match versus Bangladesh, multiple squash fixtures and entries across archery, boxing, sailing, surfing, sepak takraw, volleyball and tennis.

Athletics featured several Indian athletes in medal events, with Avinash Sable, Murali Sreeshankar, Parul Chaudhary, Gulveer Singh and Rohit Yadav listed among competitors in the schedule.

Sailing entries and times named Vishnu Saravanan for the Men's Dinghy Qualification Series at 7:30 a.m.; Prince Kurisinkal Noble and Manu Francis for the Men's Skiff Opening Series at 7:30 a.m.; Nethra Kumanan in the Women's Dinghy Qualification Series and Harshita Tomar with Shital Verma in the Women's Skiff Opening Series at 7:40 a.m.; Shraddha Verma and Ravindra Kumar Sharma in the Mixed Dinghy Opening Series at 8:30 a.m.; and Mahi Verma in the Girls' Dinghy Opening Series at 10:40 a.m.

Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru, having reached the quarterfinal stage in men's compound archery, is scheduled to face Chen Chieh-lun of Chinese Taipei on October 1.