Dota 2 at Asian Games 2023 esports: India’s results and scores
Darsha Bata led India’s five-member esports team in the Dota 2 event at Hangzhou 2023. Know scores and results.
The Indian Dota 2 team took part at the Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou, the People’s Republic of China.
All the esports events at the 2023 Asian Games were held at the China Hangzhou Esports Centre.
Dota 2 is a multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) video game that is played between two teams of five players each. The ultimate goal of a team is to destroy the main base of the opposite team.
Esports featured at Jakarta 2018 as a demonstration sport. In Hangzhou, esports made its debut as a medal event. It was contested across seven events; Arena of Valor Asian Games Version, Dota 2, Dream Three Kingdoms 2, FC Online, League of Legends, Peace Elite Asian Games Version (also known as PUBG Mobile) and Street Fighter V: Champion Edition.
India, however, only participated in only four events at Hangzhou 2023: Dota 2, FC Online, League of Legends and Street Fighter V: Champion Edition.
A total of 14 countries competed in the Dota 2 event at the Asian Games 2023. China, Kazakhstan, Nepal, Saudi Arabia and Malaysia started directly from the quarter-finals while the remaining nine teams were drawn into three groups for the preliminary group stage.
After single-legged round-robin matches, the three group winners progressed to the quarters.
India’s Dota 2 team came second behind Nepal in the seeding event for South Asian countries and started its Asian Games 2023 campaign from the group stage.
Asian Games 2023 Dota 2: India’s group
Group A: India, Kyrgyzstan, Philippines
However, after losses to both Kyrgyzstan and the Philippines, India bowed out in the group stages.
Asian Games 2023 Dota 2: India’s squad
Indian Dota 2 team: Darshan Bata aka A35 (captain), Krish Gupta aka Krish, Abhishek Yadav aka Abhi, Shubham Goli aka Madness and Ketan Goyal aka Evil-Ash
Darshan Bata, a 28-year-old esports player from Mumbai, captained India's Dota 2 team at the Asian Games 2023.