NODWIN Gaming has locked in its coaching roster for the Esports Nations Cup 2026 across nine titles, with the tournament set to open in Riyadh on November 2.
The ENC runs through November 29 and involves national teams from over 100 countries. NODWIN is India’s designated National Team Partner, handling squad assembly and the country’s overall campaign.
Moin Ejaz (NO_Chanc3) is the coach for the DOTA 2 team. He took home a bronze for India at the 2022 Commonwealth Esports Championships in Birmingham. Rahul (Ayogi) handles BGMI after working with Blind Esports and Team SouL. His teams won BGMI Pro Series 2023, BGMI Masters Series Season 3, the Chennai Esports Global Championship 2025, and BGIS 2026.
Abhishek Bajaj (GodspeedxD) runs the VALORANT program, with coaching credits at Reckoning, Bleed, Grayfox, and Velocity Esports. Pankaj Upadhyay (KAKA) will look after the League of Legends team. He’s one of the more experienced Indian players at the international level and has represented the country multiple times.
Filipino coach Steve Vitug (Dale) heads MOBA Legends: 5v5!, having led Omega Esports to a top-six World Championship finish in 2021 and Falcon Esports to the same result in 2023. Pratik Mehra (Aurum) coaches PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS. He won PUBG Mobile All Stars India 2019 with Fnatic and finished runner-up at PUBG Mobile India Series 2020.
Ashrit Goyal (notyAshritB) coaches Rainbow Six Siege, with a second-place finish at South Asia Nationals 2022 behind him. Nirjhar Mitra (jocse) takes Rocket League, having competed at the Asian Nations Cup qualifiers and the CEC 2022 regional finals. Indonesian coach Gradyano Valendy (Rinnqt) fills the Honor of Kings role after coaching Rex Regum Qeon through qualification runs for the Esports World Cup 2024 and the HoK World Championship 2024.
Rosters are due May 10, and announcements start mid-May. Open qualifier details for solo titles and the remaining team games are still to come.
