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| Nickname | Purple Storm | ||
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| Founded | 2021 | ||
| Owner | Limitless Human Performance | ||
| Head coach | David Lee | ||
| Captain | Pankaj Sharma | ||
| League | Prime Volleyball League | ||
| 2023 | Runners-up | ||
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Bengaluru Torpedoes is a men's volleyball team from Bengaluru, Karnataka playing in the Prime Volleyball League in India. [1] The team was founded in 2021 and owned by Limitless Human Performance.
| Team roster 2022 [2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Name | Position | |||
| 23 |  Tsvetalin Tsvetanov | Attacker | |||
| 7 |  Sethu T R | Attacker | |||
| 5 | Nisam Mohammed | Attacker | |||
| 13 | Srajan U Shetty | Blocker | |||
| 20 | Mujeeb M C | Blocker | |||
| 17 | Jishnu T V | Blocker | |||
| 11 | Sudheer Shetty | Blocker | |||
| 18 |  Alireza Abalooch | Universal | |||
| 4 | Ibin Jose | Universal | |||
| 6 | Pankaj Sharma (C) [3] | Attacker | |||
| 15 | Vinayak Rokhade | Setter | |||
| 10 | B Midhun Kumar | Libero | |||
| 14 | Vysakh Renjith | Setter | |||
| 8 | Tharun Gowda | Attacker | |||
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Owner | Limitless Human Performance |
| Head coach |  David Lee [4] |
| Assistant coach | Lijo Jose |
| Team manager | Sarang Shanthilal |
| General manager | Rakesh Haridas |
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