Strong team for Lonato World Cup
Lakshay Sheoran and Neeru Dhanda will spearhead the Indian trap team in the shotgun World Cup to be staged in Lonato, Italy from July 4 to 14.
The skeet squad has Olympians Anantjeet Singh Naruka and Raiza Dhillon as the leading shooters in the team announced by the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) on Friday (May 30, 2025).
The team
Trap: Lakshay Sheoran, Zoravar Singh Sandhu, Jaswinder Singh; Neeru Dhanda, Pragati Dubey, Preeti Rajak.
Skeet: Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Mairaj Ahmad Khan, Bhavtegh Singh Gill; Raiza Dhillon, Ganemat Sekhon, Maheshwari Chauhan.
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