Gods Reign, Carnival Gaming secure Dust2 India - 1XBET Masters 12 spots

With two spots up for grabs in the Dust2 India - 1XBET Masters 12, 11 Indian teams were battling it out in the Open Qualifier 23 to make their way through to the $1500 event.

Round 1

• POG_POG_POG_POG vs Random5

Random5 faced POG_POG_POG_POG on Ancient in the opening BO1. A back-and-forth affair saw the game head to two overtimes, before POG_POG_POG_POG held on for a 19-16 win. The trio of DestroyeR, WolFyJOD, BoTeR_ powered POG_POG_POG_POG and helped them turn around a 4-8 deficit to snatch a win.

• iYATi vs Nasha Patta

iYATi ran through Nasha Patta on Dust2, picking up a big 13-3 win as IAJAYI, slotz1MG and puranpoli starred for iYATi.

Project Lethals got past Bangladesh's Team Tetra, while Gods Reign, st4rboys, Askalz, Victores Sumus and Carnival Gaming got byes in the opening round.

Round 2

• Carnival Gaming vs POG_POG_POG_POG

It was a near flawless start for a new-look Carnival Gaming, who were in the server with former-True Rippers' AWPer Gh0sTTTT. A 13-1 win on Ancient saw Carnival Gaming sail through as POG_POG_POG_POG's players fail to reach double-digit kills.

• Gods Reign vs Project Lethals

Gods Reign started their run for another Masters title on Dust2 against Project Lethals. After a slow start, which saw Bhavi and co. start with an 4-8 deficit, a reV3nnnn special saw Gods Reign go flawless in the second half to secure a 13-8 win with reV3nnnn drop 25 kills.

Victores Sumus and st4rboys got an easy path to Round 3 as their opponents failed to join the server in Round 2.

Round 3

• Carnival Gaming vs Victores Sumus

The new-look Victores Sumus roster faced SpawN's Carnival Gaming with Gh0sTTTT in the server. Carnival Gaming started with a four-round lead before Victores Sumus fought back. Carnival Gaming, with Gh0sTTTT leading from the front eventually held on for a 13-10 win.

• Gods Reign vs iYATi

Taking place on Anubis, the round 3 game between Gods Reign and iYATi was another one-sided affair as Gods Reign stomped their way to a comfortable 13-1 win.

Round 4

With Carnival Gaming and Gods Reign making it to the final round, both teams had secured their place in the Dust2 India - 1XBET Masters 12. The two teams will be joined by two more teams qualifying from the Dust2 India - 1XBET Open Qualifier 24 and battle it out for $1500 in the Masters 12 taking place on July 21, 2024 at 11:00 AM IST.