Indian Esports Teams Making a Mark in The Global Gaming Arena

Gaming has long surpassed the confinement to offline play; the rise of online gaming has introduced a vast world of esports to gaming enthusiasts. Esports athletes, the new generation of gamers, thrive in this digital arena, streaming popular games such as BGMI, Free Fire, Fortnite, Valorant, Call of Duty, Counter-Strike, and more. According to the global esports market report, the market was valued at $1.98 billion in 2023. With a projected compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 20.9%, it is expected to reach $2.39 billion by the end of 2024 and an impressive $10.9 billion by 2032.

Top Indian Esports Teams: 

Orangutan 

Orangutan has played a big role in the development of gaming culture in India. It is a professional esports organization that provides esports athletes with a platform to play for this organization at the highest level of competition with international standards. Orangutan’s motive is to bring opportunities to gamers in India. It is formed by a collective of passionate gamers and dreamers. It is an Esports organization that is headquartered in Mumbai. 

Orangutan is generally involved in 4 prominent games: BGMI, Free Fire, Valorant, and Pokemon Unite. The BGMI players are Akop, Ash, Believe, Whizzgod, and Vedzz. For the game Valorant, they also have a women’s squad of EMI, Erruma, Gunner, Twirly, and Casper. 

Team XSpark

Team XSpark is an esports organization located in Mumbai. BGMI is the core of XSpark, with team player and streamer Tanmay’ ScoutOP’ Singh. Urvesh and Axbak manage the team, and Akshuna Bishnoi is the Coach. The main line-up of the XSpark BGMI team is Shubham Ranjan Sahoo (NinjaJOD), Tushar Das (GamlaBoy), Harsh Malik (SPRAYGOD), Sarangajyoti Deka (Sarang), and Tanmay Singh (Sc0utOP). 

Sc0utOP (Tanmay Singh) is the team leader of XSpark Battlegrounds Mobile India. 

Blind Esports

Blind Esports is an Indian organization with rosters in various esports games, such as Free Fire, Clash of Clans, Call of Duty (COD) Mobile, and Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI). It is co-owned by Sharath B and Arjun “Satan” Suresh. In 2023, it was incredibly successful in BGMI. Later, it acquired the ex-Global Esports BGMI roster. The team has currently signed the ex-Team iNsane roster for the 2024 season. 

It revealed a program named Blind Elevate that would support upcoming creators.

Blind Esports has been one of the most consistent teams in BGMI in various events and tournaments. The team earned second place on the AFK Gaming BGMI Team Rankings.

Velocity gaming

Velocity Gaming, popularly abbreviated as VLT, was formed in 2017. Manoj “SENTINEL” Kasyap registered as an Indian esports organization in 2019. 

The organization initially involved itself in Rainbow Six Siege. Later, Velocity Gaming invested in the Indian esports scene by supporting players of various games, such as Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and PUBG Mobile.

Swayambika Sachar as Sawy joined VLT as a streamer this year (2024).

Velocity Gaming acquires the roster of Ex-Grayfox Esports, consisting (Venkatesh Sharma) venka from India, and (Willy Ivandra) sayoo from Indonesia currently, the active roasters. 

Revenant esports

Revenant is Asia’s fastest-growing Esports organization. Home to highly talented competitors in Valorant, Battlegrounds Mobile India, Pokémon Unite, Brawl Stars, Call of Duty Mobile and CS:GO.

Their roasters include Paradox (Kasif Khwaja Sayyed), SkRossi (Ganesh Gangadhar), SkillZ (Jayant Ramesh), Dost9 (Dastan Zhumagali) and Tricky (Prish Valvani).

The Indian gaming industry has been growing in leaps and bounds in recent years. With the establishment of such esports teams and other initiatives, gamers in India have a hopeful road ahead. Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently met with top Indian gamers, including SkRossi, aka Ganesh Gangadhar, to discuss the gaming industry’s future. 

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