DUBAI: Baseball United, the first professional league focused on the Middle East and South Asia, has announced the signing of four Pakistani players to the Karachi Monarchs, the nation’s first franchise.
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Among the players are three homegrown talents, all developed by the Pakistan Federation Baseball, and scouted through Baseball United’s development program in the country.
Pakistan, a major cricket-playing nation, is the highest-ranked nation in south and west Asia. They are ranked No. 32 by the World Baseball Softball Confederation, ahead of Argentina, Belgium, Greece, and Ukraine.
Pakistan has also been the region’s most successful nation in international tournaments, with several West Asia Cup championships, Asian Championship appearances, and World Baseball Classic Qualifier entries. Pakistan also won Baseball United’s Arab Classic tournament last year.
