[1] The league's first season with five teams representing cities in India, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates is scheduled to start in 2025.

[3] On August 18, 2022, the UIBL announced that it would play nine of its inaugural games at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.

[6] The league has since announced other current and former MLB players as "co-owners," including Ronald Acuña Jr., Albert Pujols, Félix Hernández, and Ryan Howard.

Karan Patel, a right-handed pitcher who reached Double-A in the Chicago White Sox organization,[16] was selected first overall by the Mumbai Cobras.

Former MLB players drafted included Robinson Canó, Bartolo Colon, Pablo Sandoval, Didi Gregorius, and Andrelton Simmons.

Additionally, the league stated that the first four announced teams would compete in the Baseball United Cup from February 22, 2025 to March 1, 2025.