Krazy Kratos win the BGMI Rising Star Invitational as captain Saxena sweeps the awards
Krazy Kratos, captained by Rohit Saxena, have won the BGMI Rising Star Invitational, Krafton India’s first tournament handed entirely to the game’s next generation.
Jul 7, 2026
Krazy Kratos are the champions of the BGMI Rising Star Invitational, Krafton India’s first tournament built entirely around the game’s newest crop of talent. Captained by Rohit “Kratos” Saxena, the squad topped a 16-team field across three days of play, closing on 193 points to lift a title designed to hand rookies the armband.
Saxena did more than steer the winning side. He was named both the Most Valuable Player and the Best Rising Star of the event, a clean sweep of the individual honours that gave the tournament its name a fitting headline.
A tournament built around rookies
The Rising Star Invitational ran from 3 to 5 July with a prize pool of five lakh rupees. Its hook was the format. Sixteen of the young players from Krafton India’s Rising Stars programme were each given the captaincy of their own five-member squad, then set loose over 18 matches on Erangel, Miramar and Rondo. It was the competitive centrepiece of a programme the publisher has widened to a second cohort this year, and the exercise was as much about trusting inexperienced players with leadership as it was about the trophy at the end.
Krazy Kratos answered the brief in the most direct way possible. Three Winner Winner Chicken Dinners across the 18 games gave them both the points cushion and the kind of statement finishes that separate a champion from a chaser. The consistency ran through the roster, but it was Saxena who set the tone, and the twin awards reflected a captain who led from the front rather than leaning on his squad to carry him.
Justy’s Jesters and Most Wanted round out the podium
Justy’s Jesters pushed them closest, finishing second on 166 points. Most Wanted took third on 146, their two chicken dinners keeping them within touching distance even as Krazy Kratos edged clear at the summit. A 27-point margin between first and second is not a runaway, and for long stretches the leaderboard stayed live, which is exactly what a development event wants from its headline names.
Every match was streamed on the Krafton India Esports YouTube channel, giving the rookies a stage and an audience most of them are only starting to build. That was the wider purpose. The Rising Stars programme exists to feed India’s professional BGMI circuit from underneath, and an invitational that puts its graduates in charge of their own teams is a clearer test of who is ready than another qualifier ever could be. For Saxena and Krazy Kratos, the answer arrived early.