After securing a spot in the Asia partnership league, Indian VALORANT team Global Esports is set to sign additional players.
They intend to form a 10-man VALORANT roster heading into the 2023 VCT season.
It is now left if the ten-man roster being planned by Global Esports will be approved by Riot Games and boot camp in Korea.
According to reports, the organization will then choose from the ten the six players that deserve to represent the team at VCT São Paulo in 2023, the inaugural tournament of the franchised program in VALORANT.
The six Indian players under the contract of Global Esports include Ganesh “SkRossi” Gangadhar, Bhavin “HellrangeR” Kotwani, Akshay “KappA” Sinkar, Jayanth “skillZ” Ramesh, Abhirup “Lightningfast” Choudhury, and Pranav “Kohliii” Kohli.
Although the Indian team’s approach has not been tested in VALORANT in the top-tier landscape but expanded, rosters have already experimented with other esports like League of Legends and CS: GO. Evil Geniuses. It is the latest big organization to experiment with this as it is currently housing a total of 15 North American Counter-Strike players.
The organization made the latest announcement of a 10-man roster after it was reported that they were in talks to merge with Bleed eSports, another Asian organization, for VCT 2023.
Since the talks did not progress because Riot reportedly vetoed the partnership from happening, they came up with the ten-man initiative.
Other teams that will be competing alongside Global Esports in the Asia partnership VALORANT league include Paper Rex, ZETA DIVISION, Gen.G, T1, DRX, Team Secret, DetonatioN Gaming, Talon Esports, and Rex Regum Qeon.
Before the time comes, other teams will surely be monitoring this development as they would want to experiment with such.
But before that, what should be on the mind of the teams featuring in the competition will be top gear preparation. History will be made to see the inaugural champion of VCT 2023.
Written by Oladipupo Mojeed
