NRAI announces Indian team for ISSF Shotgun World Cup in Cyprus

Kynan Chenai and Rajeshwari Kumari will headline in the ISSF Shotgun World Cup.

The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) has named a 12-member strong India squad for the ISSF Shotgun World Cup 2025. The competition is scheduled to take place in Nicosia, Cyprus from 3-12 May. The squad has been selected as per the national selection policy, which makes only shooters ranked 4-6 in the India Rankings of their respective individual events eligible.

Tokyo Olympian Kynan Chenai will lead the men’s trap trio while Paris Olympian Rajeshwari Kumari will headline the women’s trap competition.

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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 a 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.

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