GodLike Esports co-owner Kronten says he has filed an FIR after uncovering what he called a long-planned exit from the organisation, and that former GodLike figure Hades handed him the first evidence of it. Kronten, whose real name is Chetan Chandgude, made the claims during a 101-minute live stream on his Kronten Gaming YouTube channel on 7 November, which had passed 455,000 views by Sunday. He also accused an unnamed GodLike manager of passing information to the other side for months while posing as his close friend. Kronten said he had shared only “10 to 15 percent” of what he knows, and that legal reasons stopped him from showing any proof on stream.
Kronten never said Jonathan’s name in the entire broadcast. The bench at BGIS 2026 and the timing of the exit he described match Jonathan’s departure, however, and viewers in the live chat discussed it on that basis. Our first report on the stream was based on clips shared while it was still live. This breakdown is based on TalkEsport’s translation of the full Hindi broadcast, with timestamps from the YouTube recording.
Kronten opened with the claim that has dominated the reaction since. “The bench story was completely false,” he said about six minutes in, adding that the organisation “did not bench anyone” and that the episode was “part of a plan”. Later, he swore on the Hindu deity Mahakal that management had “no role” in the decision. He claimed the player had a shoot booked on the day he sat out, and that the idea was for Godz to play in his place.
What Kronten said Hades told him about the Goa plan
Kronten said his first hint that something was wrong came from Hades, who had left India to work and repay money he owed. According to Kronten, Hades reached co-owner Amar while the bench rumours were spreading, and Amar then pulled Kronten into the call. Hades allegedly sent screenshots, call logs and details of conference calls, and said a plan to leave GodLike had been made during a trip to Goa. Kronten said Hades had been due to join that trip but skipped it. He added that Hades asked him to record their conversation, which Kronten says he did.
The relationship between the two goes back further than that call. Kronten said he had given Hades around ₹10 to 15 lakh when he was in financial trouble, and that he does not want the money back. He claimed an unnamed GodLike manager had urged him not to help Hades, and wanted the pair kept apart so that information would not reach him. Kronten also disputed one of the main complaints against Hades, saying Hades had shown him an agreement in which money was given as an investment with a promised return, rather than as help.
According to Kronten, Hades was ready to return to India and back his account in public. Instead, Hades blocked him before coming back, and told him on a call about a month ago that he had found a job. Kronten did not say where, telling viewers that they were “smart” enough to work it out. Hades said on 5 November that he had worked on projects with Team Apex Gaming. Near the end of the stream, Kronten asked fans not to send Hades any hate and said his door remained open.
The FIR, the “spy” manager and the one-third stake
Kronten referred to legal action three times during the stream. Around 16 minutes in, he said he had investigated Hades’s information and then “even filed an FIR”. At 32 minutes, he said he had known about the plan for “two to three months”, that “even an FIR is registered” and that he would share the result when it came. Later, he said he only took his stand and “filed a case” after collecting more evidence of his own.
He did not say against whom the FIR was filed, at which police station, or what it alleges. TalkEsport has not seen the FIR, the recordings or the screenshots Kronten described, and none of his claims has been independently verified. Kronten said he was “legally bound” not to show more, but promised that the material would become “public data” within about 20 days. Before the stream, a TAG fan community had warned supporters against anything that “could lead to cyber complaints or legal action”.
The harshest words in the stream were aimed at the manager rather than the player. Kronten described him as one of his two closest friends, and claimed he had been working “as a spy” since 2024, passing on details of GodLike’s plans and Kronten’s own life. He recalled once seeing the manager hide his phone screen at the bootcamp, and said the manager denied any link “until the end”. Kronten said he grew suspicious when the manager posted about a new car, and two or three people he claimed not to speak to congratulated him in the comments.
Kronten also put numbers to the player’s place in the company for the first time. He claimed the player held “almost one-third of GodLike” on paper, more than co-owner Amar, and that his salary was ₹80,000 a month when he first joined. Over the years, Kronten said, he paid “so much salary that I could buy a Lamborghini”. He argued that anyone with that stake should have left “legally, in good faith”, after clearing the accounts and books as their agreement required.
Two further claims went back to before BGIS 2026. Kronten said he has a recording of an early-morning call from around Christmas last year, in which he was allegedly pressed to split things “50-50”, and that he will play it “when the time comes”. He said he offered to step aside entirely rather than live with the stress. He added that the player had not come to the bootcamp for eight to nine months before BGIS, and that his “I’m leaving” message arrived around 28 February, during the qualifiers.
Salaries, Spower and the announcements Kronten promised
Much of the second half of the stream was Kronten defending his record as an owner. He said GodLike kept paying its BGMI squad full salaries throughout the 2022 ban, at around ₹15 lakh a month for the team, and that the team’s monthly bill later rose to ₹25 lakh. He acknowledged that some payments had gone “back and forth”, but denied that wages were behind the split. He also said GodLike invested more than $1 million in its Esports World Cup 2026 campaign.
Spower came up repeatedly, as the player who chose to stay. Kronten claimed one manager had offered a GodLike player double his salary to switch sides, and that the player refused and later starred internationally. He praised Spower’s work ethic and said “everyone became his fan” at the Esports World Cup. Asked in the chat about Admino, he said he did not think there was any offer, and on ZGod he said the player would speak for himself in time.
Kronten repeatedly stressed that he was giving his point of view rather than attacking anyone. “This is not defamation, this is my POV,” he said, when viewers raised the threat of a legal case. He also told fans that if “a single thing” he said turned out to be untrue, he would accept whatever they said about him. Kronten said GodLike had already signed two large brand deals, and that its biggest esports announcement in India would come within 15 to 20 days.
There has been no public reply yet from the other side. Jonathan’s latest YouTube upload, titled “Can I Win With Sunil Chhetri?”, went live on Saturday evening and does not mention the stream. In April, when he launched Team Apex Gaming, Jonathan framed his move as ambition and said that he “had to grow more”. On X, both Team Apex Gaming and GodLike Esports posted Diwali greetings on Sunday without mentioning the stream. Kronten’s previous stream, “Lets Talk About EWC, ENC, GodLike Esports”, went out in April and has 131,000 views.
