India’s first-ever franchise-based Esports league, the Esports Premier League (ESPL) has finalised the top eight teams as the ultimate face off in the inaugural edition of the nation-wide Esports league is set to begin on August 16. State ministers from seven regions launched their respective franchise team names, logos, and jerseys. While the Esports industry has been in quest to gain legitimacy and recognition from the government, involvement and acceptance from the government at this level to the tournament is a giant stride for Esports industry in India.
“To have the best gamers from across the country representing final eight franchise teams as well as their team’s official jersey being unveiled by the state ministers is a matter of absolute honor and pride. Even in its inaugural edition, ESPL has received exceptional response from the Esports community, the players and the audience,” said Mr. Vishwalok Nath, Director, ESPL.
The final eight franchises teams and the players were chosen through a draft process. And the teams that are qualified through various stages of the competition for the draft process include BADGE99, Total Gaming, 4 UNKNOWN, TSM FTX, No Chance, AFF Esports, Head Hunters, and TWO SIDE GAMERS. Each of these teams were picked to represent a city team and in the final stage during the draft, popular influencers and Esports gamers were roped in to conduct the process.
The eight franchise teams are Punjab Paladins, Chennai Celestials, Delhi Dukes, Hyderabad Hydras, Kolkata Kaijus, Rajasthan Reapers, Mumbai Marshals, and Bangalore Ballistics. Below is the complete list of players of all these teams who will represent the respective state teams:
BADGEE99 will represent Kolkata Kaijus
- Hriteek Ranjan
- Muhammed Faizal. N
- Prahast Garg
- Azmal Akhtar Choudhury
- Yogesh Buchale
Total Gaming will represent Hyderabad Hydras
- Ajay Sharma
- Vora Hetkumar
- Daksh Garg
- Narai Yadav
- Anshul Rawat
4 UNKNOWN will represent Rajasthan Reapers
- Swastik Madhukar Dushing
- Anand Madhukar Dushing
- Radhe Thakor
- Vadehr Anil Devashibhai
- Mohd Zuber
AFF Esports will represent Delhi Dukes
- Owais Bhati
- Kanishk Verma
- Rahil Katoch
- Pavan Adwani
- Arpit Tyagi
TWO SIDE GAMERS will represent Bengaluru Ballistics
- Ritik Jain
- Ojasvi Kamra
- Vihan Datta
- Bhavesh Lakhwani
No Chance will represent Chennai Celestials
- Priyansh
- Devesh Chauhan
- Aritra Adak
- Priyanshu Kumar
- Soumya Sundar
TSM FTX will represent Mumbai Marshals
- Sagar Patel
- Indranil Saha
- Jayesh Yadav
- Naitik Khosto
- Asjad Khateeb
Head Hunters will represent Punjab Paladins
- Satyam Thakur
- Md. Abdul Moghni
- Aasim Usama
- Jatin Taneja
- Priyanshu Halder Saha
ESPL 2021, which began on June 16, will see the athletes competing in the popular battle royale game Free Fire as the winners will have INR 25 lacs prize money to win.
This final phase has lot more in store and a spectacle series of matches and exciting live-action will be streamed on Disney+ Hotstar.
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