THE DRAFT: India Qualifiers Day 1 results

After a day's delay The Draft's inauguration saw the start of the Indian qualifiers, featuring BO1 matches. To kick off the first round, 11 matches were scheduled, which took place off-stream. Here's a rundown of the outcomes from the first day's matches. The winning team is highlighted in green.

• Testing Mix vs Fides Nova (bye)

• Grayfox Esports 13 - 4 Griffins (Mirage)

Former ROG Academy player arakyN who recently has joined Grayfox's CS team with rite2ace, led from the front as Grayfox took at comfortable 13-4 win on Mirage.

• Iyati vs ikari (bye)

• Firedup Gaming vs Chacha n Bhateejey (bye)

• Revenge Esports 3 - 13 Old School Esports (Anubis)

Old School Esports faced Revenge Esports in the The Draft opener and it was a strong showing from FuRY and co. as they ran through Revenge Esports 13-3 on Anubis.

• Lethals 8 - 13 Wasted Potential (Mirage)

Wasted Potential faced Lethals on Mirage and with 3vilpr1nc3, HeadshotSpeciaL and Naikzera putting in strong performances, it was a clinical 13-8 win to advance to Round 2.

• Mystify Esports vs Team NotYours (Bye)

• Random5 vs Team Blazing (Bye)

• Xtrimis vs Washington Sundar Fanclub (Bye)

• Team Respect vs One and Half (Bye)

• Airavata Esports vs Legacy Esports

Airavata Esports advanced to the second round after Legacy Esports was disqualified for fielding two international players.

The second round of games get underway from 17:00 IST on January 7, 2024 with eight matches scheduled on Day 2 of the Indian Qualifiers.