Founded | 2021 | ||
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Owner | Kolkata Sports Ventures | ||
Manager | Narayan Alva | ||
Captain | Ashwal Rai | ||
League | Prime Volleyball League | ||
2022 | Champions | ||
Uniforms | |||
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Kolkata Thunderbolts is a men's volleyball team from Kolkata, West Bengal playing in the Prime Volleyball League in India. [1] The team was founded in 2021 and owned by Kolkata Sports Ventures. They won the inaugural, 2022 PVL season by defeating Ahmedabad Defenders 3-0 in the final. [2]
Team roster 2024 [3] | |||||
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No. | Name | Position | |||
Onur Cukur | Setter | ||||
Vinayak Rokhade | Setter | ||||
Hari Prasad | Libero | ||||
Arjun Nath | Blocker | ||||
Ashwal Rai | Blocker | ||||
Deepesh Sinha | Blocker | ||||
Praful S | Blocker | ||||
Sudheer Shetty | Blocker | ||||
Amit Chokker | Attacker | ||||
David Kisiel | Attacker | ||||
Deepak Kumar | Attacker | ||||
Prabagaran | Attacker | ||||
Rahul K | Attacker | ||||
Rakesh Kumar | Attacker | ||||
Vinit Kumar [4] | Attacker |
Position | Name |
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Owner | Kolkata Sports Ventures |
Chairman | Pawan Kumar Patodia |
Co-Owner | Vinay Kishan |
Co-Owner | Vineet Bhandari |
Team director | Sumedh Patodia |
Head coach | Rahman Mohammadrad [5] |
Assistant coach | Davoud Mogbehli |
Team manager | Vaibhav Choudhary |
Senior manager | Nayan Kumar |
Physio | Dr. Utkarsh Kulshreshtha |
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