Veer Chotrani

Veer Chotrani
Country	India
Born	25 October 2001; Mumbai, India
Education	Jamnabai Narsee; Cornell University;
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Retired	Active
Plays	Right-handed
Coached by	David Palmer; Ahmed Effat; Manish Chotrani;
Racquet used	Ashaway
Men's singles
Highest ranking	54 (May 2025)
Current ranking	54 (May 2025)
Clubs	Cornell Big Red; (2019–2024); Atlanta Tornados; (2025–present);
Title(s)	12
Tour final(s)	15
Medal record
Men's squash
Representing India
Asian Junior Championships
	PSA Profile

Veer Chotrani (born 25 October 2001) is an Indian squash player who is a member of the national team.^[1] As of May 2025, he is ranked 54th in the world.^[2]

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.^[3] He finished his schooling from Jamnabai Narsee School.

In 2019, Chotrani moved to the United States to pursue academics.^[4] He excelled at the college squash circuit and was named the Ivy League Rookie of the Year at Cornell University during his freshman year.^[5] 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.^[6] He is being coached by David Palmer since 2019.^[7]

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.^[8]

Titles and finals


Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result	Score	Ref
2014	Hong Kong Junior Open	Yash Fadte	Win	3–1 (14–12, 8–11, 11–7, 11–8)	^[9]
2023	QuantiFi LifeTime MetroWest	Mohamed Sharaf	Win	3–1 (11–6, 12–10, 5–11, 11–4)	^[10]
	Rhode Island Open	Joseph White	Win	3–0 (11–6, 11–9, 11–5)
	Edmonton Open	Viktor Byrtus	Loss	1–3 (11–4, 1–11, 5–11, 8–11)
	Greenwich Open	Seif Shenawy	Win	3–2 (11–8, 11–5, 10–12, 6–11, 11–3)	^[11]
2024	Kanso Open	Ashab Irfan	Loss	2–3 (7–11, 11–8, 10–12, 11–8, 8–11)
	QuantiFi LifeTime MetroWest	Yee Xian Siow	Win	3–0 (11–6, 11–6, 11–6)
	White Oaks Cup	Salah Eltorgman	Win	3–0 (11–6, 11–2, 11–9)	^[12]
	Costa Rica Open	Ronald Palomino	Loss	1–3 (8-11, 11-7, 3-11, 6-11)
2025	SRFI Indian Tour	Melvil Scianimanico	Win	3–1 (3-11, 12-10, 11-6, 11-7)	^[13]