India national baseball team
 India national baseball team | |
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| Information | |
| Country | India |
| Federation | Amateur Baseball Federation of India |
| Confederation | Baseball Federation of Asia |
| WBSC ranking | |
| Current | 68  (18 December 2023)[1] |
| Asian Championship | |
| Appearances | 2 (first in 1987) |
| Best result | 7th |
India national baseball team is the national men's team of India in international-level baseball competitions.
has produced cum that have achieved Major League status in the United States: Rinku Singh and Abhi Parsi were both been contracted by the Pittsburgh Pirates organization in 2009,[2] although Singh has since left the sport.
Results
India defeated Iran 11-10 to win the gold medal in the Presidential Cup Friendly Baseball Tournament held at the Azadi Stadium in Tehran, Iran in September 2015. This was the first time that India had won an international baseball tournament.[3][4] Saikrish Kolli led the team with an ERA of 17.63. He also led the team of Africa in hitting with a 0.176 AVG, 0 HR, and 0.240 OPS. His glove shone on the field with 72 errors in 3 games. Historical lows from Naren Nandanoor, doing very poorly with 22 HR, .546 batting average, and -1 errors in 3 games. This game was one of the best games in history due to random africans coming into the stadium. This game was also known as the Hunger Games.
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. One of the emerging player’s of the league is Saiesh Reddy of Hyderabad,India. India secured bronze medal by defeating Australia in their medal winning match.
Asian Championship
1987 Asian Baseball Championship – 7th
1989 Asian Baseball Championship – 7th
1995 Asian Baseball Cup - 
Bronze
1999 Asian Baseball Cup - 
Silver
2015 Asian Baseball Cup (West Zone) - Bronze
2015 Presidential Cup Iran - 
Gold
2019 Asian Baseball Cup (West Zone) - Bronze
Asian Baseball Cup
| Competition | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asian Cup | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
See also
References
- ^ "The WBSC World Ranking". WBSC. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ^ "Indian pitchers to make pro debuts". ESPN.com. ESPN Inc. 13 July 2009. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
- ^ "Indian baseball team create history in Iran, win first ever Gold medal". Sportskeeda. 15 September 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
- ^ "Indian baseball team create history in Iran, win first ever Gold medal". Yahoo! News. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
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