The Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) 2023 India vs Korea Invitational concluded with Dplus KIA being crowned as the champion of the tournament. The squad dominated all three days of the event and secured five chicken dinners and 217 points from fifteen matches. Gods Reign finished second with two chicken dinners and a total of 171 points. Emtek StormX also showed some good fights and was placed third with 153 points
Dplus KIA took home a massive sum of INR 40 Lakhs. Gods Reign placed second and won INR 20 Lakhs while Emtek StormX got INR 10 Lakhs for finishing third. Song “Nolbu” Soo-an from Dplus KIA was crowned as the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the event while his teammate Park “FAVIAN” Sang-cheol received the Best In Game Leader (IGL) award.
Dplus KIA and Gods Reign fought it out for the championship
Dplus KIA commenced the final day of the tournament with a massive 28 point chicken dinner on the map of Erangel whereas Gods Reign suffered an early elimination and could only secure 3 points.
Match 2 saw Gods Reign make a comeback and secure a 30 point chicken dinner. Hamza “Blaze” Hyderabadwala from Gods Reign was the MVP of the match as he secured 8 solo finishes. Dplus KIA had a decent match as it scored only 8 points from the match.
The third match, on the map of Sanhok, saw Dplus KIA again grab a chicken dinner with 26 points which helped the team build a significant lead. Gods Reign also continued its good run and secured 12 points from the match.
The fourth match of the day saw Dplus KIA seal the top spot as it grabbed 13 points from the match. Its lead from the second placed Gods Reign was more than 40 points which was close to impossible to cross. In this match Gods Reign had a decent run as it grabbed 5 points.
The final match of the day saw Dplus KIA continue its momentum and secure 16 points whereas Gods Reign was only able to score 8 points. The Emtek StormX squad secured the chicken dinner in the last match of the day which helped the team secure the third spot in the tournament.
These are the players that represented Dplus KIA:
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Park “FAVIAN” Sang-cheol.
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Kim “FOREST” Ryang-woo.
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Go “OSAL” Han-bin.
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Jeon “Sayden” Min-jae.
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Song “Nolbu” Soo-an.
These are the players that represented Gods Reign:
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Harsh “Aquanox” Rao.
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Hamza “Blaze” Khozema Hyderabadwala.
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Shubham “NinjaJod” Ranjan Sahoo.
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Robin “Robin” Singh Shekhawat
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Mohammed “Owais” Owais Lakhani.
Gods Reign was the most consistent Indian team in the event. A few seasoned teams like Team X Spark and Medal Esports were not able to put forth good performances whereas the underdog Indian squads of Big Brother Esports and TWM Gaming were able to show their prowess.
