Kolkata Thunderbolts

Kolkata Thunderbolts

Founded	2021;4 years ago (2021)
Owner	Kolkata Sports Ventures
Manager	Narayan Alva
Captain	Ashwal Rai
League	Prime Volleyball League
2022	Champions
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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]

Honors

• Prime Volleyball League

Winners (1): 2022

Team

Team roster 2024 [3]
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

Administration and support staff

Position	Name
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

References

1. "Thunderbolts gear up for a ball in Prime Volleyball League". Telegraphindia.com . Retrieved 20 January 2022.
2. "Kolkata Thunderbolts rout Ahmedabad Defenders to become inaugural PVL champions". Telegraph India . Retrieved 28 February 2022.
3. "Kolkata Thunderbolts | Prime Volleyball League Team". www.primevolleyballleague.com.
4. "Want to do something magical in PVL, says Kolkata Thunderbolts captain Ashwal Rai". ANI News . Retrieved 2 February 2022.
5. "Prime Volleyball League: Kolkata Thunderbolts has "high calibre" players, says head coach". Sportstar . Retrieved 29 January 2022.