ESFI names 18-member Esports team for Asian Games 2022

New Delhi, Apr 26 (PTI) Esports Federation of India (ESFI) on Tuesday announced a 18-member Indian team for upcoming Asian Games where sport will be making its debut.

team was picked following eight days of competition in ESFI’s National Esports Championship.

Esports was a demonstration sport in 2018 Asian Games but it will be a medal sport in September 10-25 Hangzhou Games.

Medals will be awarded in eight games in Hangzhou -- FIFA22, PUBG Mobile, Arena of Valor, Dota 2, League of Legends, Dream Three Kingdoms 2, HearthStone and Street Fighter V.

But, India will send its players only in five games -- FIFA22, Dota 2, League of Legends, HearthStone and Street Fighter V.

PUBG Mobile and Arena of Valor are banned in India -- while re are not enough teams for competition in Dream Three Kingdoms 2.

winners of all five games as well as runners-up of single-player titles -- FIFA22, Street Fighter V, and Hearthstone -- were selected to represent country at Asian Games.

Team: FIFA22: Charanjot Singh and Karman Singh Tikka.

Street Fighter V: Mayank Prajapati and Ayan Biswas.

Hearthstone: Shikhar Choudhary and Karthik Varma.

League of Legends: Team Temple of Kings (Akshaj Shenoy, Samarth Trivedi, Mihir Ranjan, itya Selvaraj, Aakash Shandilya, and Sanindhya Malik).

DOTA 2: Team Whoops (Moin Ejaz, Krish, Abhishek, Ketan, Darshan, and Shubham). PTI PDS BS BS

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