‘The Grind’ for BGIS 2024 is real; Week 1 Day 1 overview

The first day of ‘The Grind’ at Battlegrounds Mobile India Series (BGIS) 2024 saw group 1 & 2 play their respective three matches. While a few veteran teams did shine, there were a lot of underdogs who were also on a quest to prove themselves.

Blind Esports takes over Group 1

Group 1 saw Blind Esports show newbies how it's done by securing a win and keeping a good finish count, securing them the top spot in their group. Trailing behind were underdogs like Rivalry Esports and Team Excellent 4 who also managed to secure a win, however, did not quite reach the level of Blind Esports.

Here are the Group 1 standings -

Blind Esports - 49 points

Rivalry Esports - 32 points

Team Excellent 4 - 24 points

DownHill Esports - 20 points

MG Esports - 19 points

MI7 Legends - 18 points

Genesis Esports - 16 points

The Supari Gang - 16 points

7E Necktie - 16 points

Team S7Ven - 13 points

Deadly Esports 4M - 13 points

Tedrex Esports - 13 points

T7S Esports - 12 points

Dcent Official - 5 points

Team Five Chief - 4 points

Zyroxtreme - 1 points

Cratic Esports' outstanding performance

As for Group 2, Cratic Esports dominated the competition with two back-to-back wins across three matches. While the opening match was secured by Team Mayhem, Cratic got their hold on the remaining two and claimed the top spot on the leaderboard.

Despite securing a win, Team Mayhem still finished in fourth spot. The next two matches saw Mayhem out of the game quite early. As a result, Orangutan and Team Evoke gained a lead on them with more number of successful fights.

Here are the Group 2 standings -

Cratic Esports - 56 points

Orangutan - 37 points

Team Evoke - 36 points

Team Mayhem - 32 points

Zh Reborn - 16 points

Gladiators Esports - 16 points

The Unstoppables - 16 points

Desync Esports - 14 points

Team Hope - 12 points

Mavericks - 9 points

Megatron Gaming Ne - 8 points

Stellar Esports     - 7 points

Version 9 - 5 points

Team Brothers Till Death - 4 points

No Coordination - 3 points

Adiyogi Gaming - 1 points