BMPS 2026: 10 Teams for ₹2 Crore, EWC Slots

The Battlegrounds Mobile India Pro Series (BMPS) 2026 runs May 6 through June 21 in Jaipur. Sixty-four invited teams will compete for a ₹2 crore prize pool and two slots to represent India at the Esports World Cup 2026 in Riyadh. The Grand Finals are scheduled for June 19–21 at the Jaipur Convention Center.

Qualifiers begin May 6 and use a promotion-relegation system across four rounds. After the qualifiers, the top six teams advance directly to the Grand Finals, teams placed seventh to 22nd move to a Last Chance stage, and the bottom two are eliminated.

Team SouL enters BMPS after winning the BGIS 2026 Grand Finals with 173 points and 119 eliminations over 18 games. LEGIT received the Grand Finals MVP award and Nakul won Best IGL. SouL will compete with the same core roster that won BGIS 2026.

Team Apex Gaming announced its roster on April 29 after Jonathan Amaral founded the organization. The lineup includes Jonathan, Jelly as IGL, Hydro, KioLmao and Harsh, members of the former True Rippers core. Several players on the roster have international LAN experience, and Hydro won MVP at BGMI Masters Series Season 4 in 2025. BMPS 2026 will be Team Apex Gaming’s first major event as an organization.

Genesis Esports finished second at BGIS 2026 with 169 points and 120 eliminations. HunterZ was named overall MVP of BGIS 2026. Genesis arrive in Jaipur with the same roster they fielded at BGIS.

Orangutan placed third at BGIS 2026 with 132 points. The roster includes Aaru as IGL and carries experience from the PUBG Mobile Global Championship 2025. Orangutan won domestic events in 2025 and will compete in BMPS with the roster that placed third at BGIS.

GodLike finished fifth at BGIS 2026 with 90 points. Jonathan’s departure to found Team Apex Gaming led GodLike to sign Saumay, who joins a core led by IGL Manya alongside Admino, Spower and GodZ.

Victores Sumus placed fourth in the BGIS Grand Finals with 79 points and recorded a Chicken Dinner during the Survival Stage. Their roster includes Owais, ScaryJod, VeNoM and Mafia.

Wyld Fangs finished eighth at BGIS 2026; the roster features SPRAYGOD, noted for high individual frag counts, and Sensei in a strategic role. Revenant XSpark placed seventh at BGIS; the organization added PROTON to its lineup after the retirement of Sc0utOP.

K9 Esports disbanded its BGIS roster after placing sixth and rebuilt around a new core that includes Saumraj as IGL plus Smoker46, SnowJOD, Stranger and Taurus. Vasista Esports finished ninth at BGIS 2026, earned ₹11.5 lakhs, and recorded a Chicken Dinner in the Survival Stage; Saumay departed Vasista to join GodLike prior to BMPS.

The BMPS qualifier structure requires teams to post consistent point totals across multiple rounds to advance. Two Esports World Cup berths will be awarded to BMPS 2026 teams, and the Grand Finals will be held June 19–21 at the Jaipur Convention Center.