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{{Infobox National baseball team<br />
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| Name = India national baseball team<br />
| Country = {{flagicon|IND}} [[India]]<br />
| Federation = [[Amateur Baseball Federation of India]]<br />
| Confederation = [[Baseball Federation of Asia]]<br />
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'''India national baseball team''' is the national men's team of India in international-level [[baseball]] competitions.<br />
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India has produced two players that have achieved [[Major League Baseball|Major League]] status in the United States: [[Rinku Singh (wrestler)|Rinku Singh]] and [[Dinesh Patel]] were both been contracted by the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] organization in 2009,<ref name="ESPN - 13Jul2009 - Indian pitchers to make pro debuts">{{cite web|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4298148|title=Indian pitchers to make pro debuts|date=13 July 2009|work=[[ESPN.com]]|publisher=[[ESPN Inc.]]|access-date=5 May 2012}}</ref> although Singh has since left the sport.<br />
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==Results==<br />
India defeated [[Iran national baseball team|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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Indian baseball team create history in Iran, win first ever Gold medal |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/baseball/indian-baseball-team-create-history-iran-win-first-ever-gold |website=Sportskeeda |access-date=9 July 2018 |date=15 September 2015}}</ref> Saikrish Kolli led the team with an ERA of 17.63. He also led the team 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Indian baseball team create history in Iran, win first ever Gold medal |url=https://in.news.yahoo.com/indian-baseball-team-create-history-111846871.html |website=Yahoo! News |access-date=9 July 2018 |language=en-IN}}</ref><br />
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==Pesapallo==<br />
[[Pesäpallo|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pesis.fi/pesis-info/world-cup/|title=Pesäpallo World Cup|access-date=4 February 2023}}</ref><br />
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==Asian Championship==<br />
* {{flagicon|JPN}} [[1987 Asian Baseball Championship]] – 7th<br />
* {{flagicon|KOR}} [[1989 Asian Baseball Championship]] – 7th<br />
* {{flagicon|Philippines}} 1995 Asian Baseball Cup - {{bronze medal}}<br />
* {{flagicon|IND}} 1999 Asian Baseball Cup - {{silver medal}}<br />
* {{flagicon|PAK}} [[2015 Asian Baseball Cup|2015 Asian Baseball Cup (West Zone)]] - {{bronze medal}}<br />
* {{flagicon|Iran}} 2015 Presidential Cup Iran - {{gold medal}}<br />
* {{flagicon|SRI}} 2019 Asian Baseball Cup (West Zone) - {{bronze medal}}<br />
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==Asian Baseball Cup==<br />
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! Competition <br />
! Gold<br />
! Silver<br />
! Bronze<br />
! Total <br />
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|[[Asian Baseball Cup|Asian Cup]]<br />
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|1<br />
|3<br />
|4<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[India women's national baseball team]]<br />
* [[Baseball in India]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Asia baseball teams}}<br />
{{National sports teams of India}}<br />
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[[Category:National baseball teams in Asia]]<br />
[[Category:National sports teams of India|baseball]]<br />
[[Category:Baseball in India]]<br />
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