India men's national baseball team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see India women's national baseball team.

India national baseball team
Information
Country	India
Federation	Amateur Baseball Federation of India
Confederation	WBSC Asia
WBSC ranking
Current	69 3 (31 December 2024) [1]
Asian Championship
Appearances	2 (first in 1987 )
Best result	7th

The India men's national baseball team is the team that represents 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. ^{[2] [3]}

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. ^[4]

Results

Asian Baseball Championship

• 1987 – 7th ^[5]
• 1989 – 7th

Asian Baseball Cup

• 1995 –  Bronze
• 1997 – 4th
• 1999 –  Silver
• 2015 (West) –  Bronze ^[6]
• 2019 (West) –  Bronze
• 2025 (West) – 4th

Baseball United Arab Classic

• 2024 – 5th

Other tournaments

• 2015 Presidential Cup Iran –  Gold ^[7]

See also

• India women's national baseball team
• Baseball in India

References

1. "The WBSC World Ranking". WBSC. 31 December 2024. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
2. Vercammen, Paul (11 December 2008). "Indian pitchers are first for America's national pastime". CNN . Retrieved 9 April 2012.
3. Shah, Wajiha (31 January 2010). "Bhadohi boy Rinku is English-speaking baseball star of American league". The Indian Express . Retrieved 22 March 2014.
4. "Pesäpallo World Cup" . Retrieved 4 February 2023.
5. "Taiwan virtual Asian Champ". Manila Standard. 31 August 1987. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
6. "BFA Baseball Federation of Asia | Scores..." Baseball Federation of Asia . Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
7. "Indian baseball team create history in Iran, win first ever Gold medal" . Retrieved 13 May 2024.