The Mumbai Cobras are a

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club from

Mumbai Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city proper of India with an estimated population of 12 ...

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

. Founded in 2023 as a member of

Baseball United Baseball United is a professional baseball organization in West Asia and South Asia. It began with two showcase games in Dubai in November 2023. The winter league's first season with five teams representing cities in India, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia ...

, the Mumbai Cobras are the first professional baseball team in India's history. The Cobras were announced on May 15, 2023, as the first of four franchises revealed by the league. They were later awarded the first pick in the inaugural Baseball United draft, which they used to select Karan Patel.

Roster

The Cobras selected 20 players during the 2023 Baseball United Draft, some of whom previously played in

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