Bengaluru:  Gaurav Nehra, a javelin throw athlete from Ghaziabad, UP has won The Million Dollar Arm – “The search for India’s Best Baseball Contenders” Season 2, with pitches of 85 miles per hour. The first and the second runners-up were Gaurav Kumar from Rohtak & Kalttar Singh also from Meerut. The winner, Gaurav Nehra made the fastest pitch with a speed of 85 miles per hour per/hr to bag the prize money of US$ 50,000 and a golden opportunity to train at Major League Baseball (MLB) Academy in China. The runners-up also won US$ 3,000 each.

The Finals of The Million Dollar Arm Season 2, was held in the Sports Training Centre at Sports Authority of India, Kandivali East, Mumbai thanks to the support of Sri V Bhandarkar – Asst Director SAI Mumbai. The finals had the presence of Rick Dell – Director Training Major League Baseball Asia & Robin Allemand – Coach Major League Baseball Asia, who put the participants through a 3 day conditioning camp prior to the finals.

The three days of the condition camp of “The Million Dollar Arm” (TMDA) – Season 2 saw a lot of sweat, passion and energy from all the finalists. All 30 contenders gave their best shot to win the country’s biggest sports talent hunt. Season 2 of TMDA received a tremendous response from across the country with close to 40,000 young sports enthusiasts from all walks of life coming forward to make the cut into the TMDA finals.

The Million Dollar Arm (TMDA) is a unique and the only international talents hunt in India for all sports enthusiasts saw young talent from all over the country giving it their best shot to make a name in international baseball.

Select top performers of Season 2 will win a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be groomed under the MLB coaches for 6 months in China. In addition, also get an opportunity for try-outs for professional contracts with the top Baseball Leagues in USA & Asia.

Commenting on the contest, Mr. Vivek Daglur, Vice President, Turn On – Official Indian Partner TMDA said “This season we have unearthed 280 pitchers over 80 miles per hour across 62 cities while we only had about 25 pitchers over 80mph the last season. Major League Baseball is supporting us from this year onwards, and this has been a tremendous boost in our initiative here in India. The popularity gained by MLB partnering Season 2 has inspired us to come back next year with a bigger contest and in the coming years we hope to make TMDA one of the most highly anticipated sports contests in India. I would like to congratulate the winners, I am sure winning here is going to be a life changer for these young stars.”

TMDA was created by Jeffrey Bernstein from 7 Figures Management, USA to unearth real sporting talent in India and inspire Indian youth with a platform to perform in the international baseball arena. Please find attached pictures of the winner with Major League Baseball Training Director, Rick Dell and Gaurav Nehra.