This time something new is going to happen in Khelo India Youth Games 2025. For the first time on 6 and 7 May at Pataliputra Sports Complex in Bihar, e-sports have been included as an exhibition game. Games like Battleground Mobile India, Street Fighter 6, Chess and E-Football will be part of this event, which will introduce the best mix of mobile, console and strategy-based games. This event will not only make a platform to raise new talents in the world of e-gaming. But Balkin will also prove to be a major step towards bringing e-sports into the mainstream in India.
E-sport and BGMI popularity
BGMI is the highest focus game in Khelo India Youth Games 2025. Given its tremendous popularity across the country, the most participants are participating in it. This game has become synonymous with mobile gaming in India and speaks its head among the youth. But this time the involvement of chess is making this event more special. Recently chess was included in the E-Sports World Cup 2025, with a prize of $ 1.5 million, or about Rs 12.6 crore. Nodwin Gaming in India has played an important role in promoting chess as e-sport. Chase Super League and Dreamhack India 2024 held chess tournaments in Rapid and Blitz Format, in which national and international stars participated.
According to Akshat Rathi, co -founder and managing director of Nodwin Gaming, this step of Games India will prove to be a milestone towards promoting eSports at the grassroots level in India. He said that the involvement of sports like BGMI, Street Fighter 6, Chess and E-Football is a major step for e-sports in India. Chess involvement, which is the confluence of traditional and digital strategy, reflects coordination with global trends. It is not just about tournaments, but is a chance to find talents from Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities that have been neglected till now. Our goal is to not only participate in Indian gamers, but also dominate the global stage.
