The team representing India in the Dota 2 tournament at the inaugural Commonwealth Esports Championship 2022 won a bronze medal. India defeat the team representing New Zealand by 2-0 in a best-of-three match to grab the medal.
India won a bronze medal at the Asian Games 2018 as well and is now looking to make an impact in the Asian Games 2022, where e-sports is a proper medal event.
The team representing Rocket League could not win any medal.
The Indian Dota 2 team include :
- Moin Ejaz (captain),
- Ketan Goyal,
- Abhishek Yadav,
- Shubhnam Goli,
- Vishal Vernekar.
With an intense gameplay and multiple strategies, the Indian team defeat the New Zealand team by 2-0 in a best-of-three format.
Congratulations Team India for clinching the win for DOTA 2 (Open) Bronze Decider match in #CEC2022. 🎉🥉@esfindia @British_Esports@thecgf#worldconnected #esports #CommonwealthSport pic.twitter.com/bJANKOuPlh
— Global Esports Federation (@GE_Federation) August 7, 2022
India also won against Wales, got a bye against Trinidad and Tobago, but lost to England.
Team India were later defeat by the Malaysian team and defeat New Zealand to win the medal.
Malaysia won the gold medal in the Dota 2 tournament.
Moin Ejaz after recently-conclude Commonwealth Esports Championships 2022 at the International Convention Centre (ICC) in Birmingham on 6th-7th August, 2022, Said :
“This win symbolises the amount of hard work the team has put in over the years and we dedicate this win to our country. Winning a medal at the Commonwealth was a dream for us and we’re super proud as a team,”.
This was the India’s first ever medal in e-sports in the Commonwealth Games.
Congratulations to the Medalists of DOTA 2 (Open)! 🎉
— Global Esports Federation (@GE_Federation) August 7, 2022
🥇: Team Malaysia 🇲🇾
🥈: Team England 🏴
🥉: Team India 🇮🇳
Fantastic job to all the competing teams. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻@MalaysiaEsports@esports_england@esfindia@British_Esports@thecgf#worldconnected #esports #CommonwealthSport pic.twitter.com/L76Npe7GN2
India has also won a bronze medal at the Asian Games 2018.
Lokesh Suji, Director of Esports Federation of India and Vice President of the Asian Esports Federation said that the next stop will be Asian Games 2022, where e-sports is a proper medal event.
Lokesh Suji Said :
“Our focus is to excel in the tournament with multiple podium finishes and bringing the laurels for our country. The e-sports community wants and requires esports to be recognised by the government as a sport in India to gain the benefits and support any sports community and athletes would receive,”.
India also compete in Rocket League and the team was led by Hargun Singh, Sandeep Sahani, and Rushil Reddy.
They lost to Canada by 3-0 in the best of five series in their first group stage match.
The team also face defeats against Wales and England, eventually bowing out of the championship early in the group stage.
With Dota 2 and Rocket League, PES 2022 was also part of the tournament.
Malaysia tops the medal table, with three golds.
Host England took the second spot with one gold, three silvers, and a bronze.
Wales complete the top three with a gold, silver, and bronze.
