The Indian CS:GO scene is booming with so many tournaments scheduled up ahead. At the moment, we have ESL India Premiership 2019 CS:GO Fall – Starter #2 going on. Late in this September, we have the Taiwan Excellence Gaming Cup 2019 – India with ₹5 LAKH in the prize pool. Up next in October, we have the Mountain Dew Arena 2019 with ₹7.5 LAKH up for grab.
eXTREMESLAND CS:GO Asia 2019
Here we have another big tournament to expect this late October. eXTREMESLAND CS:GO Asia 2019 has come back this time with another $100,000 (₹71.6 LAKH) on the line. This will be a big A-tier tournament in Asia with that much money and many big names in Asia.
Indian CS:GO teams will have to fight for the sole ticket to the event through the eXTREMESLAND CS:GO Asia 2019 – South Asia qualifier. 7 Indian squad with 1 team from Sri Lanka will battle it out for the slot to the LAN Finals in Shanghai this November 11.
Currently, 4 teams from India has entered their name on the list as they successfully qualified through the first qualifier. They are Orgless5ive, BL4ZE Esports, Global Esports, Entity Gaming. The Sri Lanka representative is ZeGg Esports. 3 remaining teams to enter the list will be decided after the second qualifier.
Last year, the Indian representative was OpTic India, the star-studded roster with Agneya “Marzil” Koushik, Sabyasachi 'antidote' Bose and Lukas “yb” Gröning. They defeated Entity Gaming and claimed the ticket to the LAN Finals. However, one questionable situation saw the team member Nikhil “ forsaken” Kumawat caught cheating. That led to the disqualification of the squad as well as the disbandment of OpTic India.
Scandal aside, this time we have some of the best Indian CS:GO squads to put up a great competition. Orgless5ive, Global Esports, and Entity Gaming will be the most 3 prominent names to claim the spot. They wil battle it out in a LAN tournament on September 20 in Delhi. Stay tuned for more updates of Indian CS:GO.