A Giant Leap Forward: India book Commonwealth Esports C’ships berth
New Delhi, June 15 : The Indian esports teams secured their berths for the inaugural edition of the 2022 Commonwealth Esports Championships for DOTA2 and Rocket League following impressive performances in the South Asian regional qualifiers.
The tournament will be played from August 1 to 7 in Birmingham.
Led by Hargun Singh, India emerged victorious in all of their three matches to finish on top of the points table in the Rocket League title.
DOTA2 team, comprising captain Moin Ejaz, Ketan Goyal, Abhishek Yadav, Shubham Goli, Vishal Vernekar, claimed four wins from six matches in the regional qualifiers to secure the Commonwealth Championships spot with the second-place finish.
Besides Hargun, Nirjhar Mehta and Rushil Reddy Yarram were also part of the Indian team in the Rocket League title.
The Rocket league team is a combination of two teams which have participated in over 30 in the past 3 years. These individuals hold the Grand Champion Rank and lived up to the expectations by defeating all other countries in the South Asian Regional qualifiers for CEC-2022.
While the DOTA2 unit is the same team, who is selected for Asian Games 2022.
With the participation of top international esports teams, the upcoming CEC will provide great exposure and much-needed game time for the Indian players ahead of the 2022 Asian Games, where esports will be making its debut as a medal sport.
Alongside DOTA2 and Rocket League, PES2022 will also be part of the Inaugural edition of the Commonwealth Championships.
