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Sahil Viradia from Mumbai dominates the Indian field once again to win the one-vs-one tournament that is based on a modification of the Dota 2 game.
Capping off two months of intense, pan-India esports action, Sahil ‘Micro’ Viradia has come out on top as India’s best one-vs-one Dota 2 player, retaining his crown at the Red Bull R1v1R Runes 2019 National Finals.
Viradia, representing Global Esports, defeated Rohan ‘Devoid’ Prattipati 3-1 in a tense battle at Hyderabad International Convention Centre to become champion for the second year running.
The victory earns Viradia an all-expenses paid trip for a unique, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to meet members of OG, the current two-time winners of The International, which is the world’s most prestigious esports competition.
“It has been a swift journey for me, since I have the practice. I think my performance speaks for itself. I look forward to meeting team OG soon,” said an ecstatic Sahil ‘Micro’ Viradia following his win, where he was awarded the Red Bull R1v1R Runes 2019 trophy by famed CS:GO athlete Ankit ‘Venom’ Panth.
“It was an exciting weekend of action and it was a battle until the very end,” said Panth.
The 2019 Red Bull R1v1R Runes journey in India began with online and offline qualifiers across 20 cities. The finalists descended upon Hyderabad, where the country’s top individual Dota 2 players battled it out at the Indiajoy Digital Entertainment Festival.
Relive all the action of the Red Bull R1v1r Runes National Finals in the video below.
Red Bull R1v1r Runes makes the world’s most popular esports game Dota 2 even more exciting, by replacing its strategic team-based play with a more intense and exciting one-vs-one contests. With shorter, more action-packed matches, Red Bull R1v1r Runes brings all the right ingredients for competitions that are more intense for players and entertaining for spectators.
In 2019, the Red Bull R1v1r Runes tournaments are being hosted by seven countries: India, Croatia, Germany, Philippines, Russia, Ukraine and the UK
