jabbi returns to Astralis for Stake Ranked to help salvage Major invite

Astralis has announced that the team will play out the remainder of its matches at Stake Ranked Episode 5 with Jakob "⁠jabbi⁠" Nygaard as a stand-in. Although the organization's announcement did not clarify who jabbi would replace, HLTV confirmed with Astralis that he will replace Nikita "⁠cmtry⁠" Samolotov , avoiding the possibility of the Ukrainian playing five matches for the team. "jabbi is back in the lineup tomorrow for the rest of our Stake Ranked run in Barcelona, coming straight from the airport at very little notice," Astralis ' statement reads.