"There has been massive growth in the scale of FIFA esports in India": Indian eNational team member Lokmanyu Chaturvedi
The rise of FIFA esports in India over the last year has been well documented. AIFF's attempt to build a contingent for the eNational team kicked off with a 16-man tournament. In the end, four of the country's most talented FIFA players were selected as part of the eTigers.
Lokmanyu Chaturvedi, who has been making strides in the Indian FIFA scene for quite some time, is one of the four eNational team members. Lokmanyu represents Kerala Blasters FC in the ongoing eISL. Not only is he a skilled gamer, but he is equally adept at commentating and casting.
In conversation with Sportskeeda Esports' Yasho Amonkar, Lokmanyu describes his experience of playing on an unfavorable server, talks about his aspirations in the FIFA eNations Series, and shares his gratitude towards AIFF for taking positive steps to promote the esports culture in India.
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Lokmanyu: Actually, I didn't do both things simultaneously. We have played matches before, and the livestream was a deferred livestream. It was a novel experience for me as I'm not used to casting over a previous game that I played.
I've gotten used to streaming and commenting over my games now, and I enjoy it, but it does affect your performance if you're playing a competitive match. This is why many pro FIFA players switch off their camera or microphone when they're playing a competitive game.
Lokmanyu: The game against Hong Kong went down to the wire, and we ended up losing on penalties, but I think we played pretty well considering that Charanjot and I were playing together for the first time in a competitive friendly this year.
We have often played 1v1 friendlies against other nations, but this was the first 2v2 match that we played together.
These experiences will help us in
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