Veer Chotrani

Veer Chotrani (born 25 October 2001) is an Indian squash player who is a member of the national team. As of October 2025, he is ranked 49th in the world.

Early life Chotrani was born on 25 October 2001 in Mumbai to Meera and Manish Chotrani. His father is a former two-time national squash champion. He also has a younger sister Jiya. Chotrani first started playing squash when he was six years of age. He finished his schooling from Jamnabai Narsee School.

In 2019, Chotrani moved to the United States to pursue academics. He excelled at the college squash circuit and was named the Ivy League Rookie of the Year at Cornell University during his freshman year. In his senior season, he was unanimously awarded the Ivy League Player of the Year award and became the first squash player from Cornell to win the College Squash Individual National Championships. Chotrani also won the Skillman Award for demonstrating outstanding sportsmanship and maintaining a high level of play. He is being coached by David Palmer since 2019.

Career Chotrani has won two Asian Junior Individual Championship titles with one being under-13 and the other being under-19. He became the third Indian to win the under-19 title after Ravi Dixit and Velavan Senthilkumar.

Titles and finals + Year Tournament Opponent Result Score Ref 2014 Hong Kong Junior Open Yash FadteWin 3–1 (14–12, 8–11, 11–7, 11–8) 2023 QuantiFi LifeTime MetroWest Mohamed SharafWin 3–1 (11–6, 12–10, 5–11, 11–4) Rhode Island Open Joseph White Win 3–0 (11–6, 11–9, 11–5) Edmonton Open Viktor ByrtusLoss 1–3 (11–4, 1–11, 5–11, 8–11) Greenwich Open Seif ShenawyWin 3–2 (11–8, 11–5, 10–12, 6–11, 11–3) 2024 Kanso Open Ashab IrfanLoss 2–3 (7–11, 11–8, 10–12, 11–8, 8–11) QuantiFi LifeTime MetroWest Yee Xian SiowWin 3–0 (11–6, 11–6, 11–6) White Oaks Cup Salah EltorgmanWin 3–0 (11–6, 11–2, 11–9) Costa Rica Open Ronald PalominoLoss 1–3 (8-11, 11-7, 3-11, 6-11)2025 SRFI Indian Tour Melvil ScianimanicoWin 3–1 (3-11, 12-10, 11-6, 11-7) HCL Squash Indian Tour Wong Chi HimWin 3–0 (11-6, 11-5, 11-7) St. James Expression Open Leonel Cárdenas

Awards and nominations