Indian team for Cyprus Shotgun World Cup announced

Ranvir Singh

New Delhi : A 12-strong Indian squad for the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Shotgun in Nicosia, Cyprus, scheduled between May 03-12, 2025, has been announced. As per the national selection policy, Shooters ranked 4-6 in the India rankings of the respective individual events have been selected for this particular World Cup.
Tokyo Olympian Kynan Chenai will lead the men’s trap trio while Paris Olympian Rajeshwari Kumari headlines the women’s trap competition.
The Skeet discipline will also have a couple of Olympians in their ranks in Nicosia, a legacy world Shotgun venue. India’s most decorated men’s skeet exponent Mairaj Ahmad Khan will line-up for yet another World Cup assignment while Maheshwari Chauhan finds place in the women’s skeet event.
The Nicosia Shotgun World Cup follows two back-to-back combined (Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun) ISSF World Cups, the first two of the year, in Argentina and Peru respectively, in April.