Although the Asian Games 2023 starts from September 21, cricket, football and volleyball starts ahead of it and here is all you need to know about the opening ceremony time in India
Some events, including football, cricket, and volleyball, will begin on September 19 even though the eagerly anticipated Asia Games don’t begin until September 23.
Asian Games 2023 opening ceremony schedule, date, time, venue, live streaming telecast in India where to watch
The opening Ceremony of the 2023 Asian Games will start at 5:30 PM IST on September 23 at the at the Hangzhou Sports Park Stadium in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China and as many as 45 Asian countries’ delegations will take part in the opening ceremony and can be live streamed on Sony LIV in India.
CCTV in China
TBS in Japan
Sony LIV (Sony Sports Network) in India
MediaCorp Channel 5 and mewatch.sg in Singapore
MNCTV, RCTI, iNews TV, and Vision+ in Indonesia
KBS, MBC, SBS, and TV Chosun in the Republic of Korea
RTM and Astro in Malaysia
Asian Games 2023: India’s schedule for 19-21, date, time
The schedule for the Asian Games in India was released on Friday. Sports like football, cricket, and volleyball will see the Indian team compete starting on September 19, while the other events will commence following the opening ceremony.
September 19 (Football)
According to the Asian Games football schedule, the Indian football squad will play China on September 19 at 5 PM IST. The Indians were placed in Group A, which also includes Bangladesh and Myanmar.
Indian Football Team squad for Asian Games 2023
Men’s
- Gurmeet Singh
- Dheeraj Singh Moirangthem
- Sumit Rathi
- Narender Gahlot
- Deepak Tangri
- Amarjit Singh Kiyam
- Samuel James
- Rahul KP
- Abdul Rabeeh Anjukandan
- Ayush Dev Chhetri
- Bryce Miranda
- Azfar Noorani
- Rahim Ali
- Vincy Bareto
- Sunil Chhetri
- Rohit Danu
- Gurkirat Singh
- Aniket Jadhav
Women’s
- Elangbam Panthoi Chanu
- Soumya Narayanasamy
- Shreya Hooda
- Loitongbam Ashalata Devi (Captain)
- Ngangbam Sweety Devi
- Sanju Yadav
- Ritu Rani
- Sorokhaibam Ranjana Chanu
- Dalima Chhibber
- Astam Oraon
- Naorem Priyangka Devi
- Anju Tamang
- Indumathi Kathiresan
- Sangita Basfore
- Grace Dangmei
- Soumya Guguloth
- Manisha Kalyan
- Renu Rani
- Sandhiya Ranganathan
- Pyari Xaxa
- Jyoti Chouhan, Bala Devi
September 20 (Volleyball)
Indian Volleyball Team squad for Asian Games 2023
- Amit
- Vinit Kumar
- Shameemudhin Ammarambath
- Muthusamy Appavu
- Hari Prasad
- Manoj Manjunath
- Rohit Kumar
- Mohan Ukkrapandian
- Ashwal Rai
- Santhosh Anthony Raj
- Guru Prasanth Subramanian
- Erin Varghese
September 21 (Cricket)
The action kicks off on September 21 in accordance with the Asian Games cricket schedule. At 11.30 IST, the Indian women’s cricket squad will begin play, however the opposition has not yet been determined. Both of them and Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka would be directly mentioned in the quarters.
Indian Cricket Team squad for Asian Games 2023
Men’s
- Ruturaj Gaikwad
- Yashasvi Jaiswal
- Rahul Tripathi
- Tilak Varma
- Rinku Singh
- Jitesh Sharma (wk)
- Washington Sundar
- Shahbaz Ahmed
- Ravi Bishnoi
- Avesh Khan
- Arshdeep Singh
- Mukesh Kumar
- Shivam Mavi
- Shivam Dube
- Prabhsimran Singh (wk)
Women’s
- Harmanpreet Kaur (Captain)
- Smriti Mandhana (Vice Captain)
- Shafali Verma
- Jemimah Rodrigues
- Deepti Sharma
- Richa Ghosh (wk)
- Amanjot Kaur
- Devika Vaidya
- Pooja Vastrakar
- Titas Sadhu
- Rajeshwari Gayakwad
- Minnu Mani
- Kanika Ahuja
- Uma Chetry (wk)
- Anusha Bareddy