many see competitive gaming as a male bastion in india time they meet this allgirl gaming team from india that not only qualified for an international esports competition but also got a prize mansi sottany aged 23 and her kid sister neha sottany aged 18 saloni pawar aged 20 and dilraj kaur aged 19 comprise team gerayne their fifth teammate zarin nawar aged 22 is from thailand team gerayne qualified from central asia to play against teams from other regions in lenovos legion of valkyries an allgirls team tournament of counter strike global offensive or cs go this was the first international tournament for all four girls from india as a team they reached the finals and ended up being first runner up and won a prize money of 3000 they share a passion for gaming especially for cs go three of them neha saloni and dilraj are still in college they have acquired pro gaming skills by taking time out religiously yes religiously and punctually for online gaming in cafes to hone their skills which may come as a surprise to many they say that many a time during their professional matches they were asked to present video proofs to convince the admins that they themselves were playing and not some other personmansi and neha hail from mumbai mansi started got into gaming when she was 13 initially she had keen interrest in counter strike 16 later she graduated to cs go she has has been a professional player for 4 years nowmansi and saloni know each other since they were 78 years old once they were introduced to gaming the duo planned to form a team of their own later neha her sister showed an interest in gaming too and so the trio started gaming together neha has been playing for about 45 years now saloni has been playing games since the age of 16 and sometimes livestreams her games she says that the potential that she saw in esports made her serious about it dilraj got into gaming when she was 17 years and credits her brother for it as he played cs go a lot the girls are from different colleges but they fix a regular time for practice sessions the girls say that they practise for 45 hours on a daily basis for every practice session they try to play together to lose fear and improve coordination they have been part of mixed teams of boys and girls since they entered professional gaming the girls got to know about lenovos competition through facebookwhy arent girls competing with the boys as per saloni generally an allgirls team is not pitted against an allboys one because some studies have shown that an average girls reflexes can be slightly slower when compared to an average boys in a certain age group the reason behind allgirls tournament could be to popularise gaming among women more and make it more inclusive for themparents view on esportsaccording to the girls till