Ankit Panth is an Indian esports player and YouTuber known for his professional gaming skills. He is considered one of the most popular Counter-Strike gaming professionals in India.
Wiki/Biography
Ankit Panth (aka Ankit V3nom Panth) was born on Wednesday, 26 July 1989 in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh (age 33; as of 2022). After Ankit completed his education, his parents insisted that he get a degree in aerospace engineering and then pursue an MBA, but he was not interested. He convinced his parents and earned different degrees before becoming a professional gamer.
Ankit Panth’s childhood photos
appearance
Height (approximately): 6′
Weight (approximately): 75kg
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
Body Measurements (Approximately): Bust: 41″, Waist: 28″, Biceps: 14″
family
Parents and siblings
Ankit has a brother named Rohan Panth. Ankit mentioned in one of his Facebook posts that his father had passed away many years ago.
Ankit Panth and his mother
Profession
When Ankit was 15, he went to a gaming cafe called Boomerang in Kandivali, Mumbai. He saw people enthusiastically playing the video game Counter-Strike 1.6 and was fascinated by them. After playing Counter-Strike for a while, he decided to pursue gaming as a career. Later, he started playing “Counter-Strike GO” professionally and established multiple game teams. He formed his first gaming team and named it Warriors of Chaos (WOC), through which he began to make money. In 2006, he formed a semi-professional team called Made in Mumbai (MiM). Ankit met Aakash ‘RiX’ More, a popular video gamer, while playing games in a cafe. Ankit then got a chance to come on as a substitute for the Akash team, which was India’s top three team at the time.
Founder of eSports team
In 2008, Ankit and Aakash “RiX” More formed a player-owned team, Brutality, an Indian professional esports team. They won their first major Counter-Strike 1.6 tournament, which was also Ankit’s first tournament win. Ankit is the founder and director of operations of Brutality. The team has won multiple (semi-)professional championships, while being equally popular in single-player games such as the Tekken, Street Fighter, Need for Speed, Forza and Trackmania series. . Brutality has represented their team in national and international level competitions and has won multiple events including ESL Cup Season 4 (Online) 2014, Lenovo India Games Week Mumbai 2015 (Lanzhou) and Tranzeneca Lan 2016 Pune Party Championship (Lanzhou).
Ankit Panth (centre) and his Team Brutality teammates
HyperX – Brand Ambassador
In 2022, gaming peripherals company HyperX signed Ankit Panth as its first Indian brand ambassador. In this regard, HyperX stated,
We’ve been observing and appreciating his gaming talents for some time now, and we’re delighted that Ankit is finally joining our ranks. With Ankit Panth as our India brand ambassador, we are confident that his amazing abilities and creative talents will resonate with HyperX’s mission and expand the brand’s reach to more young gamers who share the same passion. “
red bull athlete
Ankit Panth represents Red Bull and becomes India’s first Red Bull Gaming athlete. So far, he is the only Indian player to have earned the eSports Red Bull Athlete title.
Ankit Panth, India’s first Red Bull Gaming athlete
Brand endorsements and sponsorships
American technology company Dell started sponsoring Ankit and his team after noticing their skills in gaming. They enabled Team Brutality to take its esports capabilities to the next level using Dell’s powerful gaming systems to compete in more esports events. He is known in the gaming community as #IntelsUltimateV3nom. According to Ankit, he got a break when he appeared on an esports tournament called “U Cypher with MTV” aired on MTV. Although his team lost in Tekken, they made a comeback by winning Real Cricket 17, CSGO, and DOTA 2.
Ankit Panth competes in U Cypher Esports Championship with MTV India (2018)
Later, he was signed as a brand ambassador by Alienware and Intel India. In addition to playing Counter-Strike professionally, Ankit also plays GTA V, The Witcher 3, and FIFA (the video game series). Ankit joined the new team in August 2021 and became part of the M42 Esports roster.
Awards and Achievements
- 2009: 2nd place – World Online Game – Counter-Strike 1.6
- 2010: 2nd place – World Online Game – Counter-Strike 1.6
- 2015: 2nd place – World Online Game – Counter-Strike 1.6
- 2015: 1st Place – Logitech Free2Play – CS:GO
- 2015: 1st Place – Lenovo India Gaming Week – CS: GO
- 2015: 1st Place – Tranzeneca Gaming League Raipur – CS: GO
- 2018: Captain of the Year title at Indian Gaming Awards
Ankit Panth wins Captain of the Year Award at Indian Gaming Awards 2018
Favorites
- Weapons of choice: USP-S, AK-47 and M4A4
- Chocolate: Ferrero Rocher
- Series: Bard of Blood, Money Heist, Made in Heaven, and Narcos
Facts/Trivia
- His name is also V3nombiceps.
- Ankit has over 70,000 followers on Instagram, 118,000 subscribers on YouTube, and 7,800 followers on Twitter.
- Ankit is a fitness enthusiast who often shares his fitness regimen on social media.
- Ankit is known for his excellent DJ skills.
- Ankit said in an interview that he never smoked or drank alcohol.
- Ankit’s parents had to dip into their fixed savings to buy gaming equipment for Ankit. His mother also had to sell her jewelry; however, after achieving great success, Ankit brought them back. Ankit said in an interview,
I went from crying for days to get a PC to now having 4 high end systems at my disposal. I didn’t know much then and couldn’t see the future. I just know how to work, and I always do. “
- In OTT Gamers Den, Ankit revealed that when he was 15 years old, he asked his parents for 20 rupees to go to a gaming cafe, but was scolded. From then on, he never asked for money again and started saving money to go to Internet cafes on weekends.
- As a child, he was often teased for his thinness and poor dress sense. Therefore, when he went to an Internet cafe in the past, he found it funny when he saw that no one there cared about his appearance or clothing.
Ankit Panth during his initial gaming career
- Ankit said in an interview that the owner of the game cafe once told him that he would not be charged anything because he wanted him to win the game.
- In Ankit’s Instagram post, Ankit shared his journey to becoming a successful gamer. In the post, he also talked about the obstacles he faced on his journey and said that when he didn’t find success in gaming, he decided to move into other fields, including modeling.
- Ankit participated in a total of 17 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournaments from 2015 to 2018, earning US$2,697.58 (INR 2,22,005.44).
- Ankit has been featured in several articles in various media outlets including The Economic Times and The Times of India.
The Economic Times publishes a special report on Ankit Panth
- In 2022, he appeared in a Gillette Defender commercial.
Ankit Panth in Gillette Guard TV commercial stills
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