India national baseball team

India national baseball team
Information
CountryIndia India
FederationAmateur Baseball Federation of India
ConfederationBaseball Federation of Asia
WBSC ranking
Current 68 Steady (18 December 2023)[1]
Asian Championship
Appearances2 (first in 1987)
Best result7th

India national baseball team is the national men's team of India in international-level baseball competitions.

India has produced two players that have achieved Major League status in the United States: Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel

Pesapallo

Pesapallo, a Finnish derivative of baseball, was also introduced to India in 2007. Though it is an infrequent sport, people have come forward and recently a World Cup league was also played in India in year 2019. India secured bronze medal by defeating Australia in their medal winning match.[2]

Asian Championship

  • Japan 1987 Asian Baseball Championship – 7th[3]
  • South Korea 1989 Asian Baseball Championship – 7th
  • Philippines 1995 Asian Baseball Cup -  Bronze
  • India 1999 Asian Baseball Cup -  Silver
  • Pakistan 2015 Asian Baseball Cup (West Zone) -  Bronze[4]
  • Iran 2015 Presidential Cup Iran -  Gold[5]
  • Sri Lanka 2019 Asian Baseball Cup (West Zone) -  Bronze

Asian Baseball Cup

Competition Gold Silver Bronze Total
Asian Cup 0 1 3 4

See also

References

  1. ^ "The WBSC World Ranking". WBSC. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Pesäpallo World Cup". Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Taiwan virtual Asian Champ". Manila Standard. 31 August 1987. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  4. ^ "BFA Baseball Federation of Asia | Scores..." Baseball Federation of Asia. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Indian baseball team create history in Iran, win first ever Gold medal". Retrieved 13 May 2024.


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