India at the 2018 Asian Games

India competed at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia, from 18 August to 2 September. Neeraj Chopra was the flag bearer for the opening ceremony while Rani Rampal was named as the flag bearer for the closing ceremony.

India bettered its previous best medal haul achieved 8 years earlier at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China.

Competitors
The following is a list of the number of competitors representing India in each sport at the Games:

Notable events

 * India secured a bronze medal in the men's team regu event in sepak takraw which was the country's first medal since the debut of the sport in the 1990 Asian Games.
 * India secured its first ever medal in table tennis in the Asian Games in the men's team event
 * Rahi Sarnobat became the first Indian woman to clinch the gold medal in a shooting event of Asian Games when she won the Women's 25m pistol event.
 * Vinesh Phogat won gold in the women's freestyle 50 kg category and became the first Indian woman wrestler to win a gold medal at the Asian Games.
 * India won its first individual medals in the women's singles event in badminton with P. V. Sindhu claiming silver and Saina Nehwal claiming bronze.
 * Neeraj Chopra won the country's first javelin gold medal, setting a new national record in the process.
 * Indian pair of Pranab Bardhan and Shibnath Sarkar won the gold medal in the inaugural edition of Contract bridge at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's pair in the Asian Games
 * Vikas Krishan Yadav became the first Indian boxer to clinch a medal in three successive Asian games when he won bronze in the men's 75kg category
 * Swapna Barman won gold medal in women's Heptathlon which is India's first ever medal in Heptathlon in the Asian Games.

Aquatics – Diving
The Swimming Federation of India (SFI) announced the Diving team for the Games as follows:
 * Men

Aquatics – Swimming
The Swimming Federation of India (SFI) selected a 10-member swimming squad as follows for the Asian Games:
 * Men

Archery

 * Recurve


 * Individual


 * Team Event


 * Compound


 * Ranking Round


 * Elimination Round

Athletics

 * Men


 * Track & road events


 * Field events


 * Women


 * Track & road events


 * Field events


 * Combined events – Heptathlon


 * Mixed

Badminton
The Badminton Association of India (BAI) announced a 20-member squad for the Asian Games.


 * Singles


 * Doubles


 * Team

Basketball

 * Summary

India women's team drawn in group X at the Games.
 * 5x5 basketball


 * Women's tournament

The following is the India roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.
 * Roster


 * Group X

Boxing
Indian boxer Amit Panghal defeated reigning Olympic champion & World Championship silver medalist Hasanboy Dusmatov to clinch the gold medal in Boxing at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's 49 kg
 * India's boxing campaign was pretty disappointing, as they failed to win a single medal in Women's boxing for the first time.
 * But in men's category they bettered the previous game's tally.

Boxer Vikas Krishnan become the first Indian boxer to win medals in three successive editions of the Boxing at the Asian Games


 * Men


 * Women

Bowling

 * Men

Bridge
The Bridge Federation of India picked a 24-member squad along with six reserves for the Asian Games.


 * Pairs


 * Team

Canoeing

 * Slalom


 * Sprint


 * Traditional boat race

Cycling

 * Track


 * Sprint


 * Pursuit


 * Keirin


 * Omnium

Equestrian

 * Men


 * Eventing


 * Show jumping


 * Reserve horse: Tethys De Beauval

Fencing

 * Women

Field hockey
India put up a men's and a women's team of a total of 32 athletes (16 men and 16 women).


 * Summary

Men's tournament

 * Squad


 * Pool A


 * Semifinal


 * Bronze medal game

Women's tournament

 * Squad


 * Pool B


 * Semifinal


 * Gold medal game

Golf
The Indian Golf Union announced a team of seven members for the Jakarta Games.


 * Men


 * Women

Gymnastics

 * Artistic
 * Men
 * Team Qualification & All-around Finals


 * Women
 * Team Qualification & All-around Finals
 * Team & Individual Finals

Handball
India men's and women's team participate at the Games. The men's team entered in group D, and the women's team joined in group A.

Key:
 * Summary
 * ET – After extra time
 * P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.


 * Men's tournament


 * Roster


 * Atul Kumar
 * Deepak Ahlawat
 * Adithya Nagaraj
 * Harjinder Singh
 * Naveen Punia
 * Greenidge Dcunha
 * Navdeep
 * Karamjeet Singh
 * Avin Khatkar
 * Ramesh Chand
 * Sachin Kumar Bhardwaj
 * Kamaljeet Singh
 * Rahul Dubey
 * Harender Singh
 * Davinder Singh
 * Bajrang Thakur


 * Group D


 * Classification round – Group III


 * Women's tournament


 * Roster


 * Nina Shil
 * Nidhi Sharma
 * Maninder Kaur
 * Sanjeeta
 * Jyoti Shukla
 * Banita Sharma
 * Deepa
 * Ritu
 * Indu Gupta
 * Rimpi
 * Khila Devi
 * Diksha Kumari
 * Priyanka Thakur
 * KM Manjula Pathak


 * Group A


 * Ninth place game

Kabaddi
India put up a 24-member squad (12 men +12 women) for Kabaddi.


 * Summary

Men's tournament

 * Roster


 * Monu Goyat
 * Rahul Chaudhari
 * Mohit Chillar
 * Ajay Thakur (captain)
 * Girish Maruti Ernak
 * Pardeep Narwal
 * Sandeep Narwal
 * Raju Lal Choudhary
 * Rishank Devadiga
 * Rohit Kumar
 * Deepak Niwas Hooda
 * Gangadhari Mallesh


 * Group A


 * Semifinal

Women's tournament

 * Roster


 * Sakshi Kumari
 * Kavita Thakur
 * Shalini Pathak
 * Randeep Kaur Khehra
 * Payel Chowdhury
 * Sonali Vishnu Shingate
 * Priyanka Negi
 * Ritu Negi
 * Sayali Sanjay Keripale
 * Usha Rani Narasimhaiah
 * Manpreet Kaur
 * Madhu Malviya


 * Group A


 * Semifinal


 * Final

Karate
The Indian Karate team for the Asian Games 2018 is as follows:


 * Men

Martial arts – Kurash

 * Men


 * Women

Martial arts – Pencak silat

 * Men


 * Women

Martial arts – Wushu

 * Sanda


 * Taolu

Rowing
The Rowing Federation of India named the squad for the Asian Games to be held in August–September as follows:


 * Men


 * Women

Sepak takraw

 * Men


 * Women

Shooting
The Indian squad for the Asian Games announced by the National Rifle Association of India is as follows:
 * Men


 * Women


 * Mixed

Sport climbing

 * Speed


 * Combined

Squash
The Squash Racquet Federation of India announced a team of the following 8 members for the games:
 * Men


 * Team

Table tennis
The Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) announced the list of the following players for the Asian Games to be held in Jakarta, Indonesia:


 * Singles & Mixed Doubles


 * Team

Tennis – Lawn tennis
The All India Tennis Federation announced a 12-member team as follows:


 * Singles


 * Doubles

Tennis – Soft tennis

 * Singles


 * Team

Men's competition
The following is the India roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2019 Asian Games.
 * Roster

Head coach: Bir Yadav
 * Pool F


 * Playoff


 * 7th–12th quarterfinal


 * 11th place game

Women's competition
The following is the India roster in the women's volleyball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.
 * Roster

Head coach: G.E. Sridharan
 * Pool B


 * 11th place game


 * 9th place game

Wrestling
Wrestling Federation of India announced the list of the following wrestlers for the Jakarta Games:

Key:
 * VT – Victory by Fall.
 * PP – Decision by Points – the loser with technical points.
 * PO – Decision by Points – the loser without technical points.
 * ST – Technical superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 10 points.
 * SP – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 10 points.
 * VB – Victory by Injury
 * VC – Victory due to 3 cautions


 * Men


 * Freestyle


 * Greco-Roman


 * Women


 * Freestyle