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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 = [[WBSC Asia]]<br />
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The '''India men's national baseball team''' is the team that represents 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 (baseball)|Rinku Singh]] and [[Dinesh Patel]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Vercammen|first=Paul|title=Indian pitchers are first for America's national pastime|url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/11/india.baseball.pioneers/|publisher=[[CNN]]|date=11 December 2008|accessdate=9 April 2012}}</ref><ref name=Shah>{{cite news|last=Shah|first=Wajiha|title=Bhadohi boy Rinku is English-speaking baseball star of American league|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/bhadohi-boy-rinku-is-englishspeaking-baseball-star-of-american-league/573561/|access-date=22 March 2014|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]|date=31 January 2010}}</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. 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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==Results==<br />
===Asian Baseball Championship===<br />
* {{flagicon|JPN}} [[1987 Asian Baseball Championship|1987]] – 7th<ref>{{cite news |title=Taiwan virtual Asian Champ |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=40VIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QwsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5719%2C5121145 |access-date=30 October 2021 |work=Manila Standard |date=31 August 1987}}</ref><br />
* {{flagicon|KOR}} [[1989 Asian Baseball Championship|1989]] – 7th<br />
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===Asian Baseball Cup===<br />
* {{flagicon|Philippines}} 1995 – {{bronze medal}}<br />
* {{flagicon|Thailand}} 1997 – 4th<br />
* {{flagicon|IND}} 1999 – {{silver medal}}<br />
* {{flagicon|PAK}} [[2015 Asian Baseball Cup|2015]] (West) – {{bronze medal}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=BFA Baseball Federation of Asia {{!}} Scores... |url=http://www.baseballasia.org/BFA/include/index.php?Page=1-2-1&score01=141687769454eb653b4232a |access-date=2023-02-01 |website=[[Baseball Federation of Asia]] |archive-date=2016-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305063401/http://www.baseballasia.org/BFA/include/index.php?Page=1-2-1&score01=141687769454eb653b4232a |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
* {{flagicon|SRI}} 2019 (West) – {{bronze medal}}<br />
* {{flagicon|IRN}} [[2025 West Asia Baseball Cup|2025]] (West) – 4th<br />
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===Baseball United Arab Classic===<br />
* {{flagicon|UAE}} [[Baseball United Arab Classic|2024]] – 5th<br />
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===Other tournaments===<br />
* {{flagicon|Iran}} 2015 Presidential Cup Iran – {{gold medal}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/baseball/indian-baseball-team-create-history-iran-win-first-ever-gold#:~:text=India%20played%20against%20the%20national,at%20an%20international%20baseball%20tournament.|title=Indian baseball team create history in Iran, win first ever Gold medal|access-date=13 May 2024}}</ref><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:Men's national sports teams of India|baseball]]<br />
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[[Category:National sports teams established in 1987]]<br />
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