Cybersport club AMKAL announces benching of Kaysar "ICY" Faiznurov

AMKAL Esports Club has announced on social media that Kaysar "ICY" Faiznurov has been moved to the reserve bench.

"The club has initiated an investigation into potential misconduct towards AMKAL," the official release stated. AMKAL's management did not specify the nature of the alleged misconduct.

Insider Vladislav "harumi" Radvilovich recently reported that the North American club Cloud9 had shown interest in Faiznurov. Neither AMKAL nor Cloud9 have officially confirmed this information.

The Kazakh esports player has been representing the Russian organisation since last December. Before this, he spent over two years playing for AVANGAR. Faiznurov has maintained an average rating of 1.16 over the past three months.

Current AMKAL Roster:

- Igor "Forester" Bezotechesky

- Alexander "TRAVIS" Timkiv

- Vladislav "Krad" Kravchenko

- Daniil "Sdaim" Tupov

- Svyatoslav "svyat" Dovbakh (coach)

- Kaysar "ICY" Faiznurov (reserve)