The javelin throw final will start at 11:05 pm Pakistani time.
Arshad and Yasir will be the center of attention in the javelin throw final at the Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium.
Arshad won the gold medal and created games record last time with a throw of 88.55m in Konya in 2022.
There are only five other throwers in the competition besides the two Pakistanis.
It would be shocking if they do not get podium finishes as none of the other throwers have had a better throw than 79m.
Only true competitor for third spot, with Arshad first and Yasir second, in terms of their records, is Guyana’s 38-year-old Leslain Baird, who had a throw of 78.65m in 2018.
Previously, Arshad failed to live up to expectations in the World Athletics Championship with a throw of 82.75m, where he finished 10th.
After the performance in Tokyo, Arshad sent a message to the nation, that he felt bad for letting the country down, and mentioned that he had to recover from a calf injury for which he also underwent a surgery and it was difficult task for him to win a medal among the top throwers of the world in September.
However, now he is fully fit and a strong candidate to win the gold medal.
Yasir Sultan, who won the bronze medal in the Asian Throwing Championship, also has his eyes set on the gold medal.
Arshad’s coach Salman Butt is in Riyadh with both athletes, Yasir Sultan’s coach Syed Fayyaz Bukhari has not been sent.
Butt was handed a life-time ban by the Athletics Federation of Pakistan in October for illegally extending his tenure as the Punjab Athletics Association president by holding unconstitutional elections.
Pakistan has so far won only two bronze medals by boxers Fatima Zahra and Qudratullah.
On the medal tally, Turkey is in first place with 65 gold and a total of 130 medals, while, Uzbekistan are second with 25 gold medals and a total of 79 medals, and Iran are third with 21 gold and 62 total medals.
There are 38 countries competing in the games.