The Calicut Heroes beat the Delhi Toofans in the remaining of the third year of the Primary Volleyball League at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai on Thursday, to lift their maiden Championship trophy.
The Calicut Heroes beat Delhi Toofans 15-13, 15-10, 13-15, 15-12 for its maiden title.
Expressing his excitement just after lifting the trophy, Jerome Vinith, who performs as an attacker for the Calicut Heroes, and was also adjudged as the Indian Oil MVP for Year 3, reported, “This is the most critical win for Calicut Heroes and personally for me. I have waited for this prospect for decades and now ultimately, I have the trophy in my fingers. I would say that teamwork and challenging do the job were two key reasons that the Calicut Heroes have gained the title.”
Center-blocker Danial Moatazedi, who won the trophy very last yr with Ahmedabad Defenders, was instrumental in aiding the Calicut Heroes carry the trophy this time.
He echoed Vinith.
“It is amazing as I have gained back-to-again titles now with distinct groups. It is a feeling that can not be expressed in text. In the start of the event, we dropped matches but that only created us much better due to the fact when you preserve on profitable, you don’t notice your faults, errors or where by 1 can boost. But we labored as a staff, set in the hard operate and now we can rejoice,” said Moatazedi.
The blocker from Iran also praised Jerome Vinith and Mohan Ukkrapandian, who experienced a phenomenal time.
“Both these players have enormous talent and I experience that if they function additional on their recreation, they can conveniently be amid finest gamers in Asia,” he stated.
Meanwhile, veteran star Mohan Ukkrapandian – named the Nippon Paint Most Impressive Setter of the year – stated, “We are really satisfied after lifting the trophy. This is what we dreamt of when we were being education pre-year. We ended up completely centered on creating that dream into a truth and that is precisely what we have performed.”
Kishore Kumar, head coach of Calicut Heroes, was fired up about the feat.
“It feels so superior to raise the trophy. I experience like I have accomplished some thing massive in my daily life. We performed the closing just after two a long time and the players lived up to the expectation. I would like to thank the administration as they gave me entire freedom in my determination making. Just about every and each individual player has contributed to this success and I could not be extra content,” he mentioned.