Dota 2 News: 15-year-old Sumail Hassan Syed Won the Dota 2 Asian Championships

A 15-year-old has won the Dota 2 Tournament in China recently.

Sumail Hassan Syed from Karachi made history for Pakistan on Monday when he helped his team, Evil Geniuses, claim the Defence of the Ancient 2 (Dota 2).

From an online report by The Express Tribune, the world of e-sports has a child prodigy in the making. Sumail was recruited by the biggest e-sports team around, the Evil Geniuses. Sumail just moved to the United States a year ago, and he is now making waves in the in-house gaming league for North America.

Evil Geniuses' captain said Sumail - who is conveniently known by his in-game alias of 'Suma1L' - was brought in after they spotted the "x-factor" in the young Pakistani. EG was so impressed that they took the risk of including the 15-year-old, who had yet to play in a professional competition, on their roster for the world's second biggest Dota2 tournament, the Dota2 Asian Championships (DAC).

On top of his amazing tinker playing ability, he helped carry his team to victory when playing Storm Spirit. In the final game of the grand final series, although dying four times quickly at the beginning, he managed to use his incredible placement, micro and forward-thinking techniques to run rings around his opponents.

The risk paid huge dividends for Evil Geniuses as Sumail on Monday helped the third-seeded team past Chinese team Vici Gaming at the DAC grand final in Shanghai to bag the $1.2 million prize money.