The Sprout team has officially signed the 30-year-old veteran AZR as their new IGL. This player filled the vacancy left by the previous delegation of refrezh. Refrezh decided to step down from the IGL position and then transferred to the inactive list in late February. Zyphone also returned to the starting table.
AZR is one of the most famous players in Oceania. He was known as a player of Renegades in 2015-2019. The 30-year-old player became the team leader after Nifty left the team in 2018. led the roster to the playoffs of both the IEM Katowice and StarLadder Berlin Majors before their acquisition by 100 Thieves the following year.
In 2021, the roster was signed by EXTREMUM, but their cooperation lasted only 9 months, because after the team failed to obtain the qualification of PGL Stockholm Major, the team then placed the entire roster on the bench and transferred it to the tradable list. After that, AZR stayed on the bench for seven months, then found an agreement to terminate the contract and left as a free player.
The last time AZR appeared on the field was in the Encore team last summer, fighting with the senior IGL and sniper Gratisaction in the team. After being defeated by ORDER and failing to participate in the RMR. AZR served in the team until September, and has been on the bench since then.
Sprout are now:
