iNSANE's Battle of Rivals S1 crown

On 28 November 2021, TEAM iNSANE came through a 1,000-team funnel to win the Battle of Rivals Season 1, taking ₹1,50,000 of the ₹2,50,000 prize pool (about $3,331 in the records' figures). 7Sea Esports finished runners-up on ₹60,000 and Rivalry Esports were third on ₹40,000. The event was organised by Villager Esports with Rivalry Esports as sponsor; the invitational phase ran 25–28 November, with the full event spanning 17–29 November.

The open funnel was massive: round one on 17–20 November took 1,000 teams in 50 groups with the top four each advancing to 200, round two on 21–22 November took 200 teams in 10 groups with the top two reaching 20, round three on 23 November took those 20 teams over five matches with the top five reaching the invitational, and the invitational ran 17 teams over 12 matches in four days. The iNSANE roster was Goblin, Rayed, Aadi, Deep, Stoney and Sayyam; 7Sea fielded Prince, SPRAYGOD, Sarang and Aladin.

The page records notable incidents: GodLike and Velocity Gaming missed all final-day matches, Reckoning missed the day-one opener, and Global Esports missed two final-day matches. Casters were Mayavi in Hindi and SardarjiYT, streamed on the Rivalry Esports BGMI YouTube and Villager Esports Loco channels.

Summing up: the TEAM iNSANE win, the full podium, the 1,000-team funnel, the dates, and the prize split. No MVP award was recorded for this edition.

The invitational table at Battle of Rivals Season 1 closed with a three point gap at the top. TEAM iNSANE finished on 151 points from 12 matches, three ahead of 7Sea Esports on 148, while Rivalry Esports took third on 122 and Orangutan finished fourth on 120. The missed matches left their mark on the lower order: Velocity Gaming played only nine matches, Global Esports ten, and Reckoning Esports eleven, while every other team completed twelve.

A thousand teams entered the open funnel and 17 reached the invitational, where iNSANE's Goblin-led roster took the title.