PVL 2023: Updated squads of all eight Prime Volleyball League teams
We take a look at all the participating franchises' players from the second season of the competition.
The Rupay Prime Volleyball League Season 2 is set to commence on 04 February 2023. The inaugural edition saw seven teams participating and Mumbai Meteors will be the new franchise making their entry into the league. Kolkata Thunderbolts was crowned the champions of season 1 defeating Ahmedabad Defenders.
The teams were allowed to retain three Indian players from season 1 and were allowed to select two foreign players via the two-round draft. In this article let us look at the complete squad of all eight teams.
Combined squads: Prime Volleyball League
Chennai Blitz
Libero: R. Ramanathan
Setters : Pinamma Prasanth and Prasanna Raja
Blockers: Tushar Laware, Sita Rama Raju, and Akhin GS
Universal: Jobin Varghese
Attackers: Naveen Raja Jacob, Renato Mendes, Raman Kumar, Mohamed Riyazudeen, and Moyo Audran.
Hyderabad Black Hawks
Blockers: Trent O'Dea, Saurabh Maan, and John Joseph
Attackers: Carlos Andres Llanos Zamora, GS Varun, Ashamatullah, Hemanth, and Guru Prasanth
Universal: Arun Zacharias Siby
Setters: Ranjit Singh, Lal Sujan
Libero: K. Anand
Mumbai Meteors (Making debut in Prime Volleyball League Season 2)
Universal: Abdul Raheem
Blockers: A. Karthik, P. Rohith, and Shameem
Libero: CK Ratheesh
Setters: N. Jithin and S. Aravindhan
Attackers: Amit Gulia, Hardeep Singh, Brandon Greenway, Anu James, and Hiroshi Centelles.
Kochi Blue Spikers
Universal: Jibin Sebastian
Setters: Vipul Kumar and Pavan Ramesh
Attackers: Eduardo Romay, Rohit Kumar, George Antony, Aswin Rag, Erin Varghese
Blockers: Walter Da Cruz Neto, Fayis, GN.Dushyanth
Libero: C. Venu
Kolkata Thunderbolts (Prime Volleyball League Season 1 Champions)
Blockers: Deepesh Sinha, Abhilash Chaudhary, Ashwal Rai, and Jose Verdi
Universal: Vinit Kumar
Setters: V. Hariharan, Janshad
Libero: Hari Prasad
Attackers: Suryansh Tomar, Anush, K. Rahul, and Cody Caldwell
Calicut Heroes
Blockers: Jose Antonio Sandoval Rojas, Lavmeet Katariya, and Shafeeque Rahman
Attackers: Matt Hilling, Ashwin Raj, Chirag Yadav, and Abil Krishnan
Universal: Ansab and Jerome Vinith
Setters: Mohan Ukkrapandian and Sushil Kumar
Libero: Prabakaran
Bengaluru Torpedoes
Universal: Ibin Jose
Setters: Gokul Nath and Vinayak Rokhade
Libero: Midhun Kumar
Blockers: MC Mujeeb, PV Jishnu, and Sudheer Shetty
Attackers: TR Sethu, Nisam Muhammed, Pankaj Sharma, Sebastian Giraldo, and Alireza Abalooch.
Ahmedabad Defenders
Attackers: Shon T John, S Santosh, Andrew Kohut James, and Nandhagopal S
Blockers: Danial Moatazedi, LM. Manoj, and Parth Patel
Libero: T. Shrikant
Universal: Angamuthu and Harsh Chaudhary
Setters: Aswath and Muthusamy
The Prime Volleyball League will be broadcasted live on Sony Pictures Sports Network, Sony TEN 1, Sony TEN 2, Sony TEN 4 (Tamil/Telugu), Sony TEN 3 (Hindi).
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