Content creator Evgeny “Raiz” commented on Danil “donk” Kryshkovets securing his eighth Most Valuable Player (MVP) award, which he earned at PGL Astana 2025. Raiz shared his thoughts in a YouTube video.
Donk`s eighth MVP. That`s already a third of what ZywOo accumulated over ten years. And considering donk has only been on the pro scene for a year. But it`s worth noting separately that Spirit truly looks like a team. A 1v3 from chopper and a 1v4 from donk – if it were a Major, they`d get graffiti. Overall, today is a big celebration for the entire CIS CS.
In the PGL Astana 2025 final, Team Spirit faced Astralis. The match concluded with a 3-1 scoreline (13:5 on Dust2, 13:10 on Nuke, 5:13 on Mirage, and 16:13 on Train). The CIS squad earned $200,000, and donk was named the tournament`s Most Valuable Player.
Donk made his tier-1 debut in late 2023. Since then, Kryshkovets has been named the best player of a tournament eight times and was recognized as the Player of the Year by HLTV.org. Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut has been playing professionally since 2018, earning 25 MVP awards and becoming Player of the Year three times in his career.
PGL Astana 2025 took place in Kazakhstan from May 10 to 18. The championship featured 16 teams competing for a prize pool of $625,000.
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