Velocity Gaming wins India Today League Valorant Cup

Team Velocity Gaming has won the Valorant Tournament held by India Today in association with WDBlack.

The India Today League Valorant Cup started 2 weeks ago on September 12. The event saw teams like Villainous Gaming, Team Invictus, Velocity Gaming, Nezuko Gaming and other top Valorant teams in India compete against each other in an attempt to reach the grand finals for winning the 1st place prize of INR 1,00,000 and a spot in regional finals for $15,000 PvP Esports Open Championship tournament which is supposed to take place in Singapore.

On September 26, the losers of both the semifinals faced off against each other in a bo3 for the 3rd place finish. Nezuko Gaming won the match against Team Invictus with a 3-2 scoreline, finishing 3rd place in the tournament and taking home INR 25,000 in prize money. Team Invictus finished 4th place winning INR 10,000.

Velocity Gaming and Villainous Gaming were the two grand finalists who competed in the bo5 grand finals on September 27.

Here are the results,

Map 1 (Ascent):

Velocity Gaming 13-1 Villainous Gaming

Map 2 (Haven):

Velocity Gaming 13-8 Villainous Gaming

Map 3 (Split):

Velocity Gaming 13-3 Villainous Gaming

The first map (Ascent) saw Team Velocity Gaming completely dominating Team Villainous Gaming, and taking the win 13-1, ending map 1 with an ECO round victory.

On Map 2 (Haven), Team Villainous Gaming did put up a good fight but still lost the match. Team Velocity took the map with a 13-8 score, giving them a 2 map lead in the bo5. Now, it was Team Villainous Gaming under pressure as they were on the back foot and would have to win all 3 maps to take the win.

On Map 3 (Split), we saw Team Velocity Gaming finishing off in style with a 13-3 score. The last round saw Tejas “rite2ace” Sawant from Team Velocity successfully clutching a 1v2 against VISI0N and dodje from Team Villainous.

Team Velocity Gaming emerged victorious in the bo5 grand finals with a 3-0 score.

They won the first place prize of INR 1,00,000 in India Today League Valorant Cup and a spot in the regional finals of PvP Esports Open Championship tournament.

Team Velocity Gaming will be representing India in the $15,000 tournament.

We reached out to Manoj “SENTINEL” Kasyap & Anuj “Amaterasu” Sharma from Velocity Gaming asking them about how they feel after earning the opportunity to represent India in the soon to happen PVP Esports Open Championship Regional Finals.

“It’s a proud moment for me”, said Manoj “SENTINEL” Kasyap, Owner of Velocity Gaming. “I have always dreamed of playing for India as a player which obviously did not happen and that’s when I decided to have a team of my own and represent my country. It’s finally a dream come true for me, thanks to my team for that.”

Anuj “Amaterasu” Sharma, Velocity Gaming’s player & IGL for their Valorant lineup, commented, “I’m incredibly proud of my team. We’ve been practicing very hard and it’s gratifying to see that being paid off with a 3-0 victory straight to the regional finals. Our single minded goal as VLT is to put India on the global Valorant map and it’s a great feeling to be India’s first representative at an international Valorant regional. Time to double down, work harder than ever before, and hopefully we’ll be able to make India proud at the PvP regionals!”