In recent years, the realm of Esports has experienced an unprecedented surge in popularity, capturing the interest of billions of gamers on a global scale. India, being a thriving market for gaming and Esports over the past decade, witnessed a significant boost with the advent of PUBG Mobile. Here, we present a compilation of the five of the top esports organizations in India.
The gaming landscape in India has soared to remarkable heights, offering countless young talents promising career opportunities. As a testament to this growth, India has secured its presence in the Asian Games 2022, where our esports players proudly represent the nation on the grand stage of the largest continent in the world. The burgeoning success has also attracted prominent organizations and brands to venture into Indian esports, marking a milestone in this monumental expansion.
Top Esports Organizations/Teams in India: A BGMI and Valorant Collective
1. Global Esports
Global Esports has come a long way which now owns around 12 teams across the globe across nine gaming titles. Like its name, this prominent organization operates globally in various esports events. Owned by Rushindra Sinha, GE has teams in CS: Go, Fortnite, Dota 2, Overwatch, Apex Legends, Rainbow Six Seige, etc.
Apart from that, GE has some of the best content creators worldwide. It also hosts global esports events inviting underdogs, providing an excellent chance to enter Esports with Global Esports. In India, Global Esports has a good name in BGMI Competitive and Valorant Competitive, where it has garnered championship titles with legacy.
2. Godlike Esports
Godlike Esports marks a spot on this list when you speak of Indian Esports. It operates on the mobile gaming and esports platform, especially in BGMI (earlier known as PUBG Mobile). It has earned more than a Crore INR in terms of approximate total winnings as per Liquipedia Wiki. The organization had acquired one of the dominating teams in the PUBGM esports scene named TSM. TSM earlier had star players like Jonathan, Clutchgod, Neyoo, Zgod, and Ghatak.
After the PUBGM ban, several esports organizations disbanded their rosters, and this was the same case for TSM back in 2021. After BGMI’s arrival, Godlike Esports signed the entire roster which had dominated the hell of the BGMI competition in several events. The team even went to PMGC 2021 to represent India even though they were placed fourth in the Indian regional tournament. But lately, the team has lost its touch and has not performed well in BGMI events. Godlike Esports now owns rosters in BGMI, Cod Mobile, and Free Fire and has a girl’s lineup. Rooter, one of the leading streaming platforms, has recently signed Godlike Esports streaming rights as part of its 100 crore investment in Indian Esports.
3. Velocity Gaming
Regarding Valorant’s esports community, Velocity Gaming tends to have a spot on the list. Owned by Sentinel, aka Manoj Kashyap, the team was initially into Rainbow: Six Siege and later invested in PUBG Mobile and CSGO. The organization set up a discord server to organize several customs and scrims for Indian PUBGM teams to help them get into esports. Following that, they came up with a Valorant roster, now one of the finest OG Teams in India. The team emerged victorious in several events such as the AMD Valo Cup, Global Esports SEA Launch Tournament, etc.
In 2020, the team rebranded to Team Mahi and later returned to its original name. Global Esports recently defeated Velocity Gaming in SCS 2022, which is the main stage for VCT 2022.
4. S8UL
S8UL is one of the leading esports organisations in India, and it has a significant fanbase. Formed under the collaboration between OG teams Soul and 8-bit, the organization has significant collective achievements to which Team Soul has a massive contribution. Team Soul recently won IQOO Battlegrounds Mobile Pro Series Season 1 in 2022 and received Rs.75 Lakh Prize money. Nine out of ten additional rewards were collected by Team Soul, in which Goblin was the apex sensation.
Team 8-Bit was the first team to represent India at an International event in PUBG Mobile Esports. Team Soul has been to many global events and pridefully represented the nation. They now again got the chance to represent the country at PMWI 2022, which is set to take place in August 2022.
5. Orange Rock
Orange Rock Esports is also a significant roster in BGMI/PUBG Mobile Esports, owned by Pole To Win International (PTW). Global Companies like Zebronics, KFC, AMD, and Rooter now sponsor the roster. According to Liquipedia, the roster earned more than $185K in multiple events of Esports in IGC. OR also represented India in PUBGM World League: East but earned the second spot on the overall charts. If they had survived a bit more in the final match, they would have won the trophy in this international event.
They had lost it to Bigetron RA and returned home with $55K prize money. Their #2 curse is going on as they ended up being the runner-up in the recently concluded BMPS Season 1. Sources say that OR Esports might be invited to PMWI 2022, but there is no certainty in it. If it turns out to be accurate, it will be an excellent opportunity for the team to represent their country, sharing their pride with Soul.
Note: The teams listed above are not based on any ranking
