BMIC 2026 Day 2: Nongshim RedForce stretch lead to 23 points

1.How BMIC 2026 Day 2 unfolded

Six matches, five different winners and one team still on top. BMIC 2026 Day 2 at The Dome in Mumbai ended with Nongshim RedForce on 128 points, 23 clear of the field, after a closing 28-point chicken dinner that turned a one-point overnight lead into a gap.

BMIC 2026 is the second edition of KRAFTON India's international cup and runs from 30 October to 1 November at the SVP Indoor Stadium (NSCI). Sixteen teams are in the lobby, six from India, five from South Korea and five from Japan, fighting for a ₹1 crore prize pool and two places at the PUBG Mobile Global Championship 2026 in Türkiye. The winner goes to the Gauntlet stage and the runner-up starts in the Group Stage. Alan Walker was announced as the opening-night headliner, and Team SouL, the BMSD 2026 champions, came in as the home crowd's pick. Tickets for the weekend started at ₹499 on District.

Nongshim RedForce arrived as the team to beat. They won the Korean Esports League 2026 by 104 points and added the PUBG Mobile Macau Invitational 2026, while DRX came back as defending BMIC champions with a rebuilt squad.

South Korea owned the first day. Nongshim led on 72, Dplus KIA was one behind on 71 and DRX was third on 56. Team Outrage was the best of the Indian teams in fourth, while SouL were 13th and Gladiators Esports 12th. The overnight top three had every reason to feel comfortable. Team Outrage won the second map of the event for India and K9 took the fifth, but Korean teams won four of the six Day 1 games.

The second day did not follow that script. K9 Esports won the Rondo opener, Valor took the first Erangel for Japan, Nongshim answered on the second Erangel, Gladiators broke through on the third, Dplus KIA won the first Miramar and Nongshim closed with the biggest map score of the event. DRX moved to the front after the second map, Nongshim reclaimed it with a 19-point game, and Dplus cut the gap to a single point before the last match. Nongshim's 28-point closer settled the argument.

By the final dinner, Nongshim had 128 and Dplus KIA and DRX were tied on 105, with Dplus listed second on chicken-dinner count. Gladiators (79), K9 (78) and SouL (72) gave the Indian crowd three teams in the top nine, and SouL's 48-point day lifted them from 13th to ninth.

2.Day 2 standings and what comes next

Nongshim RedForce lead the overall table on 128 points after 12 matches. Dplus KIA and DRX are tied on 105, with Dplus listed second because they have three chicken dinners to DRX's one. Daejeon GamePT (88), Team Outrage (83), Gladiators Esports (79), K9 Esports (78) and Kinotrope Gaming (78) fill out the top eight. SouL are ninth on 72, ahead of 8Bit (70), REIGNITE (67), Making The Road (50), FOCUS (49), Blitz Epigrotive Gaming (46), Valor (38) and Versus (14).

The full Day 2 points table is in the poster below. It shows Nongshim's 56-point day as the strongest, ahead of Gladiators Esports on 54 and DRX on 49.12

Gladiators climbed from 12th overnight to sixth, SouL from 13th to ninth and K9 from eighth to seventh. Blitz Epigrotive Gaming went the other way, from sixth to 14th.

Day 3 has six more matches on Sunday 1 November, and the table after 18 matches decides the champion. Nongshim have a 23-point lead to protect, Dplus KIA and DRX are level on points behind them, and Daejeon GamePT are 17 points back in fourth with six maps still to play. The final day runs the same six-match format, and the top two teams in the final standings go to the PUBG Mobile Global Championship 2026 in Türkiye, with the champion entering the Gauntlet stage and the runner-up the Group Stage.

3.All six Day 2 matches, one by one

Day 2 ran from Rondo through three Erangel maps to two Miramar closes, and each match reshaped the table in a different way.

Match 7, Rondo: K9 Esports take the opener

K9 Esports won the first game of the day, holding off 8Bit in the final fight on Rondo. Saumraj and Taurus closed out the last 8Bit players to secure K9's second chicken dinner of BMIC 2026, worth 17 points. Daejeon GamePT topped the match table with 19 points despite placing fourth, and Kinotrope Gaming placed third on 14. Nongshim RedForce and Dplus KIA both had quiet maps at the top, so the gap at the top did not move. The 17 points lifted K9 to sixth in the live table.

Match 8, Erangel: Valor make the position play count

Valor won the first Erangel with 14 points and four eliminations, a win built on positioning while the teams around them chased kills. The Japanese side, 15th after Day 1, took the map ahead of DRX, REIGNITE and Kinotrope Gaming, all on 11 points, with Team Outrage fourth on eight. K9 followed their win with a three-point map and Dplus KIA scored nothing, while DRX's second place was enough to take the overall lead by a single point. It was the first time DRX had led the event.

Match 9, Erangel: Nongshim RedForce answer

Nongshim RedForce replied with a 19-point win on the second Erangel, clearing FOCUS and K9 Esports in the final circle. FOCUS placed second on nine points and K9 third on 14, while Making The Road placed fifth on 11, but the map belonged to the overnight leader. DRX, who had taken the overall lead a match earlier, scored nothing, and Nongshim went back in front by 18. The 19-point map was their biggest of the day until the last one.

Match 10, Erangel: Gladiators Esports break through

Gladiators Esports won their first chicken dinner of the event on the third Erangel, a 20-point map built on ten eliminations. Team SouL finished third with 14 points and DRX second with 11, while Nongshim added four in fifth and Dplus KIA seven in sixth. Nongshim's lead over DRX came down to 11, with Dplus KIA on 82. The 14 points were SouL's best map of the day.

Match 11, Miramar: Dplus KIA cut the gap

Dplus KIA won the first Miramar game with 17 points, and Gladiators Esports posted the map's biggest score, 20 points from 14 eliminations in second place. Team Outrage placed third on 13. The swing came from Nongshim RedForce, who went out 12th with a single point and walked into the final match with a lead of one over Dplus. It was Dplus KIA's third chicken dinner of the event.

Match 12, Miramar: Nongshim RedForce close it out

Nongshim RedForce closed Day 2 with a 28-point chicken dinner on the second Miramar, the largest single-map score of the tournament. Their 18 eliminations included seven from ZY1, who dealt 1,018 damage on the map. DRX placed third on 10 points, Team SouL took second place on eight and 8Bit matched that total in eighth. Dplus KIA went out seventh with six points, Gladiators Esports 14th with one and Team Outrage 15th with none. The 28 points were the biggest single-map total of the event, ahead of K9's 26-point game on Day 1, and Nongshim's third dinner of the event.

4.The moments that defined Day 2

K9's Rondo close set the tone. Saumraj and Taurus had to win a final fight against 8Bit to make the dinner stick, and the 17-point return gave the Indian side its second win of the event. For a team that finished Day 1 in eighth, it was the start the day needed. K9 had already won Match 5 on Day 1 with a 26-point game, which made the Rondo dinner less of a surprise.

Valor's four-elimination win on Erangel was the quietest dinner of the day. The Japanese side started the day 15th and won a map by holding ground, and DRX's second place in the same match briefly put DRX on top of the overall table. Their four eliminations were the fewest by any winning side on Day 2.

Nongshim's reply was the first sign of the team that ended the day on top. A 19-point game on the second Erangel, with FOCUS and K9 cleared out in the final circle, restored the lead after a stretch that had produced four points from the first two maps. DRX's zero on the same map was their only blank of the day.

Gladiators Esports produced the best two-map stretch of the day: 20 points on the third Erangel and 20 more on the first Miramar, the second of those built on 14 eliminations. That run took them from 12th overnight to sixth.

Dplus KIA's Miramar win was the last twist in the race. It came on a map where Nongshim scored one point, and it cut the gap to one before the final game.

The final map belonged to Nongshim. Their 28-point dinner included 18 eliminations and seven from ZY1, who dealt 1,018 damage on the map. The broadcast's MVP ranking after Day 2 had ZY1 on top with 29 finishes and 5,826 damage, ahead of Dplus KIA's Nolbu on 28 finishes and 5,610 damage.

SouL's 48-point day was the best of their event: six maps, a climb from 13th to ninth and a second-place finish in the last game behind Nongshim.

5.Upsets and low points

Three of the day's six maps went to teams outside the overnight top three. K9 were eighth after Day 1, Valor 15th and Gladiators 12th, and all three won a game on Day 2. Daejeon GamePT's opening map was the strangest line of the day: 19 points, the highest score on Rondo, and no chicken dinner after a fourth-place finish.

Dplus KIA's start was the biggest surprise of the first half. The overnight second placed seventh on Rondo, 15th on the first Erangel and ninth on the second, for four points across three maps. They recovered with 17 points and a win on Miramar, then managed six points in the last game.

Nongshim's low point came on that first Miramar. The leaders went out 12th for a single point, the kind of map that can hand a tournament away. Dplus got to within one point before Nongshim closed the door.

The last map was hard on the teams chasing a top-five finish. Gladiators Esports, who had scored 40 points across the previous two maps, went out 14th for one point. Team Outrage followed in 15th with none, FOCUS finished 13th without scoring and Dplus KIA's seventh place left them with six points.

The day totals told the story behind the table. Nongshim scored 56 points, Gladiators Esports 54 and DRX 49, while Dplus KIA managed 34, and that gap decided the size of the lead going into Sunday.

The slide was steeper for some teams. Blitz Epigrotive Gaming dropped from sixth after Day 1 to 14th, adding nine points across six maps. Versus stayed last on 14 points and scored nothing after the third map. K9's day had the same uneven shape: 17 points to open, then 27 across the other five maps, which was enough to move up to seventh.