Gladiator Esports emerged as Battlegrounds Mobile India Series (BGIS) 2023 winners after the marquee event concluded at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium in Mumbai, Maharashtra on Sunday, October 15.

Organised by KRAFTON, Gladiator Esports produced consistent performances to pip Big Brother Esports by nine points to clinch the second edition of the BGIS eSports tournament.

Without a single chicken dinner, the Gladiator Esports’ victorious squad of Parth Garg (DeltaPG), Ammar Khan (Destro), Justin Nadar (Justin) and Pawan Kumar (SHOGUN) accumulated 200 points in the BGIS 2023 Grand Finals.

With the win, Gladiator Esports bagged a cash prize of INR 75 lakh as the tournament offered a total prize pool of INR 2 crore.

Meanwhile, Gladiator Esports’ Destro clinched his second BGIS title, having won the inaugural edition of the tournament with Skylightz Esports in 2021.

On the other hand, Big Brother Esports finished as BGIS 2023 runners-up with 191 points.

Having finished second in the competition, Big Brother Esports won a cash prize of INR 37,50,000. Get BGIS 2023 prize pool distribution.

BGIS 2023 Grand Finals standings and prize pool distribution

Rank

Team

Prize Money Won

1

Gladiator Esports

INR 75,00,000

2

Big Brother Esports

INR 37,50,000

3

Team XSpark

INR 25,00,000

4

Blind

INR 12,50,000

5

Gods Reign

INR 10,00,000

6

Medal Esports

INR 8,00,000

7

Revenant Esports

INR 6,00,000

8

Trouble Makers Esports

INR 4,00,000

9

OR Esports

INR 2,00,000

10

Midwave Esports

INR 2,00,000

11

Glitch Reborn

INR 2,00,000

12

Mici Esports

INR 2,00,000

13

Growing Strong

INR 1,00,000

14

4 Aggressive Man

INR 1,00,000

15

Night Owls

INR 1,00,000

16

CS Esports X One Power

INR 1,00,000

BGIS 2023 special awards winners

Gladiators’ DeltaPG won the Most Valuable Player award at BGIS 2023. He was awarded a cash prize of INR 4,00,000. Here are the other BGIS 2023 special award winners.

Award

Winner

Prize money won

Most Valuable Player (BGIS)

Gladiators DeltaPG

INR 4,00,000

The Rising Star

Glitch Duke

INR 2,00,000

MVP of Finals

BB Asif

INR 2,00,000

Best IGL

BLIND Manya

INR 2,00,000

Furthermore, the top eight performers of the BGIS 2023 Grand Finals have been selected for the BGMI India vs South Korea event to be held from October 26 to 28.

Photo credit: Alamy