Indian Esports contestants Ayan Biswas and Mayank Agarwal have been eradicated on the street fighter knockout rounds of the Asian Games on Tuesday. Ayan (AYAN01) clinched the top-16 place earlier than struggling robust defeat towards Yeh Man Ho of Hong Kong, whereas Prajapati (MiKeYROG) exited within the spherical of 32. Ayan clinched a sensational victory by a 2-0 margin towards Nguyen Khanh Hung Chau of Vietnam to start out his marketing campaign on a profitable word earlier than happening 1-2 to Alrayfal Abdulrahman Salem A of Saudi Arabia within the winners bracket Round 1.

He then beat Vietnam’s Nguyen, once more by a 2-0 margin, within the losers bracket spherical 2.

However, he fell quick towards Yeh Man Ho of Hong Kong within the losers bracket spherical 3 and bowed out of the event.

Mayank started his event towards Rajikhan Talal Fuad T of Saudi Arabia and fought valiantly in a fiercely contested 1-2 defeat. He then endured one other loss, towards Al-Mannai Abdulla of Qatar, by a 0-2 margin and exited the event.

India’s DOTA 2 will gear as much as recreate its beautiful success on the Commonwealth Esports Championships as they tackle Kyrgyzstan and the Philippines of their opening group stage matches on Wednesday.

Led by skipper Darshan Bata (A35), the expert DOTA 2 unit comprising Krish Gupta (Krish-), Abhishek Yadav (Abhi-), Ketan Goyal (Evil-Ash), and Shubham Goli (Madness) has been drawn into Group A, the place they’re scheduled to compete towards Kyrgyzstan and the Philippines in best-of-one single round-robin format matches.

The top-ranked staff from this group will advance to face Nepal within the quarter-finals on Saturday.

All matches within the elimination stage for DOTA 2 will likely be contested within the head-to-head, best-of-three single elimination format. There will likely be a complete of 14 notable groups taking part within the title.

“As the captain of the team, I feel an immense sense of responsibility and pride in leading the country’s first-ever DOTA 2 team at the Asian Games.

“The total staff has been practising continually within the build-up to the event as all of us perceive the honour of representing India at such a prestigious competitors,” said Darshan Bata, captain of the Indian DOTA 2 team.

The squad sealed their qualification for the Asian Games by prevailing in the finals of the National Esports Championships (NESC) last year.

The team’s experienced players Ketan, Abhishek, and Shubham were part of the squad that scripted history by clinching the bronze medal at last year’s inaugural Commonwealth Esports Championships in Birmingham.

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