IOA Honours Indian Esports Contingent After CWG 2022 Bronze

After getting felicitated by the Indian Olympic Association, the national DOTA 2 team, the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games bronze medallists, expressed their delight, saying to have the opportunity to be here with the “other medallists from various sports and get awarded by the IOA for a medal in Esports is a very special achievement". All bronze medallists of the Indian DOTA 2 team – Moin Ejaz, Ketan Goyal, Abhishek Yadav, Shubham Goli, and Vishal Vernekar were presented with the appreciation memento in a felicitation ceremony for their exceptional accomplishment at the recently concluded Commonwealth Esports Championship. The Indian contingent met with renowned sports personalities such as Harmanpreet Kaur, Bhavina Patel & Sonalben Manubhai Patel and Deepak Punia and enlightened them about Esports as well as the basics of DOTA 2, the video game in which they clinched the bronze medal. The IOA officials congratulated the DOTA 2 team on their historic bronze medal, which the ESFI believes is a testament to the relevance of the Commonwealth Games given the rise in popularity esports in India is expected to witness following the national team’s medal-winning feat in the inaugural edition of the Commonwealth Esports Championship.