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| Founded | 2021 | ||
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| Owner | SPP Group | ||
| Manager | Chander Singh | ||
| Captain | Mohan Ukkrapandian | ||
| League | Prime Volleyball League | ||
| 2022 | 6th place | ||
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Chennai Blitz is a men's volleyball team from Chennai, Tamil Nadu playing in the Prime Volleyball League in India. The team was founded in 2021 and owned by SPP Group.[ citation needed ] [1] [2] [3]
| Team roster 2024 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Name | Position | |||
 Abdul Chisti | Universal | ||||
| Dhilip Kumar | Universal | ||||
| Jobin Varughese | Universal | ||||
| Paras | Universal | ||||
| Sameer | Setter | ||||
| Surya Nanjil | Setter | ||||
| Prabakaran | Libero | ||||
| Ramanathan Ramamoorthy | Libero | ||||
| Akhin GS [4] | Blocker | ||||
 Leandro Jose | Blocker | ||||
| Sayanth T | Blocker | ||||
 Douglas Bueno | Attacker | ||||
| Himanshu Tyagi | Attacker | ||||
| Joel Benjamin | Attacker | ||||
| Raman Kumar | Attacker | ||||
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Owner | SPP Group |
| Head coach | Dakshinamoorthy |
| Assistant coach | Kamaraj & Shaik Ismail Jabeebullah |
| Physio | Mohammad Ali |
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