Asian Games 2026: India to field 503 athletes in Aichi-Nagoya – Full contingent revealed

With the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, less than a month away, the selection process for the Indian contingent has been finalised.

India will send a 503-athlete squad (269 men and 234 women) to compete across 36 sports. Olympic medallists Mirabai Chanu and P.V. Sindhu will lead the contingent.

Meanwhile, the Sports Ministry has decided not to field teams in football, basketball, and handball, but the men's volleyball team has booked their spot for the games.

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

The selections featured a few notable upsets, with experienced campaigners such as Nikhat Zareen, Deepika Kumari, Atanu Das, and Vinesh Phogat missing out.

Meanwhile, strong teams have been named in several of India’s traditional medal-winning sports, including athletics, shooting, badminton, boxing, wrestling, cricket, and archery.

Indian contingent for the 2026 Asian Games

Boxing (11)

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

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

Archery (12)

Men: Dhiraj Bommadevara, Neeraj Chauhan, Yashdeep Bhoge, Sahil Jadhav, Kushal Dalal, T Ganesh Mani Ratnam

Women: Kirti Sharma, Kumukum Mohod, Ankita Bhakat, Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Chikitha Taniparthi, Prithika Pradeep

Wrestling (16)

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

Men: Aman Sehrawat (57Kg), Sujeet Kalkal (65Kg), Sagar Jaglan (74Kg), Deepak Punia (97Kg), Rajat Ruhal (125Kg), Sumit Dalal (60Kg), Deepak (67Kg), Aman (77Kg), Sunil Kumar (87Kg), Nitesh Siwach (97kg)

Shooting (30)

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 (20)

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

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

Squash (8)

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

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

Tennis (7)

Men: Sumit Nagal, Dhakshineshwar Suresh, Yuki Bhambri, N Sriram Balaji, Anirudh Chandrashekar

Women: Rutuja Bhosale, Ankita Raina

Equestrian (8)

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 (10)

Men: G. Sathiyan, Manav Thakkar, Manush Shah, Payas Jain, Harmeet Desai

Women: Sreeja Akula, Yashaswini Ghorpade, Diya Chitale, Sutirtha Mukherjee, Syndrela Das

Cricket (30)

Men's Team: Shreyas Iyer (captain), Tilak Varma (vice-captain), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan, Shivam Dube, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Varun Chakaravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Jasprit Bumrah, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi.

Women's Team: Harmanpreet Kaur (Captain), Smriti Mandhana (vice-captain), Shafali Verma, Pratika Rawal, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh, G Kamalani, Bharti Fulmali, Sree Charani, Renuka Singh, Kranti Goud, Arundhati Reddy, Shreyanka Patil, Radha Yadav, Nandni Sharma.

Hockey (40)

Women's Team: Savita, Bichu Devi Kharibam, Ishika Chaudhary, Sushila Chanu Pukhrambam, Lalthantluangi, Jyoti, Shilpi Dabas, Nikki Pradhan, Sakshi Rana, Sunelita Toppo, Salima Tete (C), Neha, Deepika Soreng, Lalremsiami, Rutuja Dadaso Pisal, Navneet Kaur, Deepika, Ishika, Baljeet Kaur, Beauty Dungdung

Men's Team: Mohith HS, Suraj Karkera, Jarmanpreet Singh, Harmanpreet Singh (c), Amit Rohidas, Jugraj Singh, Sanjay, Sumit, 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.

Golf (6)

Men: Yuvraj Sandhu, Veer Ahlawat, Saptak Talwar.

Women: Aditi Ashok, Diksha Dagar, Pranavi Urs.

Sport Climbing (2)

Women: Joga Purty

Men: Deepu Mallesh

Esports (15)

Men: Chinmay Sahoo (eFootball), Danial Patel (eFootball), Paritosh (Puzzle), 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 (Pokemon Unite), Reuben Fernandes (Pokemon Unite), N Sai Krishna (Pokeom Unite), Dipjyoti Nath (Pokemon Unite), Rudra Nayak (Pokemon Unite), Dipkumar Patel (Pokemon Unite)

Swimming (12)

Men: Danush Suresh, Aneesh Gowda, Dhakshan Shashikumar, Heer Shah, Sajan Prakash, Utkarsh Patil, Aryan Nehra, Srihari Nataraj, Akash Maani, Vedaant Madhavan, Rishabh Das, Benediction Rohit

Athletics (79)

Men: Gurindervir Singh (100m, Animesh Kukur (100-200m), Rajesh Ramesh (400m), Vishal TK (400m), Krishan Kumar (800m), Mohammad Afsal P (800m), Yoonus Shah (1500m), Gulveer Singh (1500-5000-10000M), Abhishek Pal (5000-10000m), Tejas Shirse (110m Hurdles), Yashas P (400m Hurdles), Santhosh Kumar (400m Hurdles), Avinash Sable (3000m Steeplechase), Sreeshankar Murali (Long Jump), Shahnavaz Khan (Long Jump), Praveen Chithravel (Triple Jump), Karthik Unnikrishan (Triple Jump), Aadarsh Ram (High Jump), Sarvesh Kushare (High Jump), Kuldeep Kumar (Pole Vault), Dev Meena (Pole Vault), Neeraj Chopra (Javelin Throw), Rohit Yadav (Javelin Throw), Karanaveer Singh (Shot Put), Tajinderpal Toor (Shot Put), Damneet Singh (Hammer Throw), Praveen Kumar (Hammer Throw), Pranav Gurav (4x100), Mohammed Ashfaq (4x400m), Dharmveer Chaudhary (4x400), Jay Kumar (4x400), Manu TS (4x400), Sawan Barwal (Marathon), Kartik Karkera (Marathon), N Thowfeeq (Decathlon), Tejaswin Shankar (Decathlon)

Women: Unnathi Bollanda (200m), Harita Bhadra (200m), Kiran Pahal (400m), Prachi (400m), Gowthami Jayaraman (800m), Pooja (800-1500m), Parul Chaudhary (1500m, 3000m Steeplechase, 5000m), Seema (5000-1000m), Nandhini K (100m hurdles), Jyothi Yarraji (100m Hurdles), Anu R (400m Hurdles), Vithya Ramraj (400m Hurdles), Ankita (3,000m Steeplechase), Shaili Singh (Long Jump), Ancy Sojan (Long Jump), Niharika Vashisht (Triple Jump), Asha Ilango (Triple Jump),  (High Jump), Supriya S (High Jump), Baranica Elangovan (Pole Vault), Sindhushree Ganesha (Pole Vault), Manpreet Kaur (Shot Put), Krishna Jayashankar (Shot Put), Annu Rani (Javelin Throw), Seema (Discus Throw), Sanya Yadav (women's discus throw), Tanya Chaudhary (Hammer Throw), Anushka Yadav (Hammer Throw), Tamanna (4x100), Nithya Gandhe (4x100), Srabani Nanda (4x100), Abinaya Rajarajan (4x100), Sneha S.S (4x100), Sudeshna Shivankar (4x100), Rashdeep Kaur (4x400), Ansa Babau (4x400), Poovamma Raju (4x400), Kumari Saloni (4x400), Neeru Pathak (4x400), Priyanka Goswami (Marathon Racewalk), Manju Rani (Marathon Race Walk), Pooja (Heptathlon), Anamika (Heptathlon)

Kayaking & Canoeing (19)

Men: Hitesh Kewat, Pradhyumna Singh, Prohit Baroi, Prasanna Kumar, Naocha Singh, Gyaneshwor Singh, Raju Rawat, Harshwardhan Shaktawat,  Varinder Singh, Oinam Singh

Women: Shikha Chouhan, Pallavi Jagtap, Rina Sen, Neha Devi, Soniya Devi, Megha Pradeep, Pooja, Parvathy Geetha, Dhanamanjuri Devi

Cycling (14)

Men: Vishavjeet Singh, David Beckham, Jemsh Singh, Ronaldo Singh, Harshveer Singh, Rojit Singh 

Women: Celestina, Meenakshi, Keerthi C, Pooja Danole, Harshita Jakhar, Sarita Kumari, Triyasha Paul, Swasti Singh

Fencing (20)

Men: Sachin, Aditya, Lakshay Badser, Gisho Padma, Tejas Patil, Hemansh Singh, Karan Singh, Vishal Thapar 

Women: Bhavani Devi, Mitva Chaudhari, Kanupriya Chawla, Shreya Gupta, Yashkeerat Kaur, Jefarlin Simla, Shruti Joshi, Taniksha Khatri, Pooja Lohan, Mina Devi, Joys Stalinraj, Sonia Devi  

Artistic Gymnastics (1)

Women: Pranati Nayak

Judo (3)

Women: Ashmita Dey, Inunganbi Takhellambam, Yamini Maurya

Kabaddi (24)

Men: Sunil Kumar, Pawan Kumar, Ashu Malik, Ankit, Devank Dalal, Rahul Satpal, Sumit, Jaideep, Ayan, Arjun Deshwal, Gaurav Khatri, Aslam Inamdar 

Women: Jyoti Thakur, Nikita, Pooja Hathwala, Raj Rani, Pushpa Rana, Ritu Sheoran, Bhavna Devi, Sanju Devi, Manisha Kumari, Ritu Negi, Pinki Roy, Sonali Shinghate

Karate (2)

Men: Chetan Bhatt

Women: Alisha Chaudhary

Kurash (6)

Men: Yash Kumar, Vipin Kumar, Vishal

Women: Bharti, Sangita, Pincky Balhara

MMA (2)

Women: Suchika Tariyal

Men: Varun Sanyal

Surfing (4)

Men: Kishore Kumar, Sivaraj Babu

Women: Kamali Prakash, Sugar Shanti Gayen

Rowing (22)

Men: Satnam Singh, Vipul Ghurde, Jakar Khan, Salman Khan, Saurav Kumar, Nitin Kumar, Yogesh Kumar, Ujjwal Singh, Balraj Panwar, Jaswindir Singh, Navdeep Singh, Kulwinder Singh,  Arvind Singh, Babulal Yadav, Rohit, Ajay Tyagi, Jasmail Singh

Women: Poonam, Aleena Anto, Tendenthoi Devi, Gurbani Kaur, Anshika Bharti

Rugby Sevens (13)

Women: Amandeep Kaur, Guriya Kumari, Ujjwala Ghuge, Parbati Hansdah, Arti Kumari, Dumuni Marndi, Vaishnavi Patil, Kalyani Patil, Sandhya Rai, Nirmalya Rout, Bhumika Shukla, Sandhyarani Tudu, Shika Yadav   

Sailing (10)

Men: Manu Francis, Prince Noble, Vishnu Saravanan, Ravindra Sharma

Women: Katya Coelho, Nethra Kumanan, Harshita Tomar, Shital Verma, Mahi Verma, Shraddha Verma 

Sepak Takraw (21)

Men: Arun, Jasvir, Ashish, Shyam Chundawat, Lokhon Singh, Bobby Kumar, Ashok Singh, Ram Kumar, O Amarit Singha, Malemngamba Singh, Henary Singh, Akash Yumnam  

Women: Maipak Devi, Priya Devi, Lairentonbi Devi, Shilpa, Prity Langoljam, Chaoba Devi, Seyiekhrieno Tepa, Menenu Tsukru, Malaemngambi Yumnam  

Taekwondo (3)

Women: Rupa Bayor, Kashish Malik, Jyoti Yadav

Soft Tennis (6)

Men: Yogesh Chaudhary, Om Yadav, Jay Meena, Aniket Patel, Aaryan Thakur

Women: Aadhya Tiwari

Teqball (3)

Men: Mohamed Beg, Declan Gonsalves

Women: Quimcy Dsouza

Weightlifting (5)

Women: Mirabai Chanu, Gyaneshwari Devi, Nirupama Devi, Harjinder Kaur

Men: Rishikanta Singh

Wushu (7)

Men: Suraj Singh, Vikrant Baliyan, Aryan

Women: Langlentombi Devi, Divyanshi, Aparna, Nyeman Wangsu

Volleyball (12)

Men: Chirag, Amit, A Muthusamy, Jerome Vinith, Muhammad Nihal, John Joseph, Joel Benjamin, Anand K, Om Lad, Ashwal Rai, Sikhar Singh, Erin Verghese