Baseball Looking To Make An India Pitch Again, Via Dubai

Along the E66 highway that connects Dubai with Al-Ain in the United Arab Emirates stands a newly built baseball stadium.

- Shahid Judge

MUMBAI: It caters to a sport popular in the United States and Japan, but largely alien in India. In November, though, the sporting oasis in the desert will be home to an Indian franchise set to compete in the inaugural season of Baseball United.

The competition is the first professional baseball league that will look to engage the Middle East and South Asia region. Though still in the nascent stage of planning, the competition is slated to feature four teams—the Mumbai Cobras, Karachi Monarchs, Arabia Wolves and Mid East Falcons.