Baseball-World Series rematch, Indian edition: Yankees beat Dodgers in Mumbai event

By Revathi Hariharan MUMBAI, Oct 25 (Reuters) Mumbai s cricket fans packed the stands at the Andheri Sports Complex on Saturday to watch Indian World Cup-winning captain Suryakumar Yadav swing a bat ​just not the kind that they are used to. Indian cricketers ‌Suryakumar Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar and Radha Yadav lined up alongside ex-Major League Baseball players Nick Swisher, Adrian Gonzalez, Jake Arrieta and Jonny Gomes in a three-on-three tournament that organisers pitched as a bridge between the two bat-and-ball games. Each ‌of ​the four teams mixed a baseball veteran, ⁠an Indian cricketer and an ⁠American softball player and the scoring rewarded both muscle and precision. A home run earned two points, hitting the target zone earned four and fielders picked up one point for a catch, while five ​consecutive out-of-the-park hits doubled a team s total. The semifinals offered up both a thriller and a stroll, as Gonzalez s Los Angeles Dodgers overturned ⁠the Shardul-led C