Asian Games 2026: Indian squads announced for Boxing, Archery, Badminton, Wrestling & More – Complete contingent

With the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, just months away, the process of selecting the Indian contingent for the quadrennial event is heating up.

The national trials for selecting the Indian team have already been conducted in sports such as Boxing and Archery. At the same time, athletes have already started breaching the qualification standards set by the federations in sports like Athletics and Swimming.

Meanwhile, sports like Judo, Esports and others are expected to host the selection trials very soon.

The Boxing Federation of India (BFI), Archery Association of India (AAI) and Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) were the first ones to announce the Indian teams for the 2026 Asian Games.

There have been a few upsets as well in these teams, with veterans like Nikhat Zareen, Deepika Kumari, Atanu Das and Vinesh Phogat missing out.

Meanwhile, shooting, badminton, boxing, wrestling and archery teams have also been announced; the Indian contingent currently stands at 123 athletes.

Indian contingent for the 2026 Asian Games

Boxing

Men's: Jadumani Singh (55kg), Sachin Siwach (60kg), Sumit Kundu (70kg), Ankush (80kg), Kapil (90kg), Narender Berwal (90+kg)

Women's: Sakshi Chaudhary (51kg), Preeti Pawar (54kg), Priya Ghanghas (60kg), Parveen Hooda (65kg), Lovlina Borgohain (75kg)

Archery

Men's Recurve: Dhiraj Bommadevara, Neeraj Chauhan, Yashdeep Bhoge

Women's Recurve: Kirti Sharma, Kumukum Mohod, Ankita Bhakat

Men's Compound: Sahil Jadhav, Kushal Dalal, T Ganesh Mani Ratnam

Women's Compound: Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Chikitha Taniparthi, Prithika Pradeep

Wrestling

Women's Freestyle: Dipanshi (50kg), Antim Panghal (53Kg), Manisha Bhanwala (57kg), Mansi Ahlawat (62Kg), Nisha Dahiya (68Kg), Priya Malik (76Kg)

Men's Freestyle: Aman Sehrawat (57Kg), Sujeet Kalkal (65Kg), Sagar Jaglan (74Kg), Mukul Dahiya (86Kg), Deepak Punia (97Kg), Rajat Ruhal (125Kg)

Men's Greco-Roman: Sumit Dalal (60Kg), Deepak (67Kg), Aman (77Kg), Sunil Kumar (87Kg), Nitesh Siwach (97kg), Deepanshu (130Kg)

Shooting 

Rifle: Parth Mane, Himanshu Dhillon, Rudrankksh Patil, Elavenil Valarivan, Sonam Maskar, Vidarsha Vinod, Aishwary Tomar, Niraj Kumar, Tilottma Sen, Ashi Chouksey

Pistol: Suruchi Singh, Esha Singh, Manu Bhaker, Anish Bhanwala, Rahi Sarnobat, Kedarling Uchaganve, Gaurav, Kamljeet

Shotgun: Kynan Chenai, Ahyvar Rizvi, Shapath Bhardawaj, Neeru, Manisha Keer, Aashima Ahlawat, Anantjeet Gill, Bhavtegh Gill, Mairaz Khan, Parinaaz Dhaniwal, Raiza Dhillon, Maheshwari Chauhan

Badminton

Men’s Team: Lakshya Sen, Ayush Shetty, H. S. Prannoy, Kidambi Srikanth, Tharun Mannepalli, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty, Hariharan Amsakarunan, M. R. Arjun, Dhruv Kapila

Women’s Team: PV Sindhu, Unnati Hooda, Devika Sihag, Tanvi Sharma, Isharani Baruah, Treesa Jolly, Gayatri Gopichand Pullela, Kavipriya Selvam, Simran Singhi, Tanisha Crasto

Men’s Singles (MS): Lakshya Sen, Ayush Shetty

Women’s Singles (WS): PV Sindhu, Unnati Hooda

Men’s Doubles (MD): Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / Chirag Shetty; Hariharan Amsakarunan / M. R. Arjun

Women’s Doubles (WD): Treesa Jolly / Gayatri Gopichand Pullela; Kavipriya Selvam / Simran Singhi

Mixed Doubles (XD): Dhruv Kapila / Tanisha Crasto

Squash

Men's: Abhay Singh, Veer Chotrani, Velavan Senthilkumar, Suraj Chand

Women's: Anahat Singh, Tanvi Khanna, Joshna Chinappa, Shameena Riaz

Tennis

Men's: Sumit Nagal, Manas Dhamne, Dhakshineshwar Suresh, Yuki Bhambri, N Sriram Balaji, Anirudh Chandrashekar

Women's: Sahaja Yamalapalli, Vaishnavi Adkar, Vaidehee Choudhary, Rutuja Bhosale, Ankita Raina, Prarthana Thombare

Equestrian

Dressage: Shruti Vora (Magnanimous), Gaurav Pundir (Milli), Jai Sud (Goofy La Perla), Hriday Chheda (Dono Di Maggio)

Team Event: Ashish Limaye (Willy Be Dun), Ahaan Kumar (Bolivar Gio Granno), Arjan Nagra (Cooley Goodwood), Fouaad Mirza (Camouflage 38)

Show Jumping: Maryk Sahney (Gold Run), Abhishek Chopra (C’est Lui Des Rosiers), Yashaan Zubin Khambatta (Inca’s Big Think), Niharika Singhania (First to Cash Out)

Table Tennis

Men: G. Sathiyan, Manav Thakkar, Manush Shah, Payas Jain, Harmeet Desai Women: Sreeja Akula, Yashaswini Ghorpade, Diya Chitale, Sutirtha Mukherjee, Syndrela Das

Reserves: Manika Batra, Swastika Ghosh, Ankur Bhattacharjee, Ronit Bhanja

This article will be updated as and when more Indian National Federations announce their rosters for the 2026 Asian Games.