Baseball United, the first-ever professional baseball league focused on the Middle East and South Asia, announced plans to form and develop UAE’s first national baseball team.
The league said it received official sanctions from the Emirates Cricket Board to manage the UAE national baseball team and institute a corresponding development programme for baseball in the nation.
The Emirates Cricket Board is the governing body for bat and ball sports activities in the UAE.
The new team will compete in international baseball events, beginning with Baseball United’s inaugural Arab Classic tournament which will take place from November 7-10, 2024 at Baseball United’s new ballpark in Dubai, the league said.
The formation of the national team is part of Baseball United’s grassroots and community development strategy.
Kash Shaikh, Chairman, CEO, and Co-Founder, Baseball United, said while the professional league aims to create the gold standard for baseball across the Middle East and South Asia, it believes the most powerful way to grow the game is through the development and enhancement of national team programmes.
“We’ve supported several country’s national teams over the past three years, including India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Nepal, and now we are very grateful to build a new programme here in our UAE headquarters,” he said.
The new team will now compete with Pakistan, India, Saudi Arabia and five other regional nations at Baseball United’s Arab Classic event.
Saudi Arabia and the UAE will field national baseball teams for the first time.
The tournament will be the largest national baseball team tournament in the history of the region.
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