Dinesh Patel, an Indian right-handed baseball pitcher, was born in 1989.
Dinesh Kumar Patel (born May 8, 1989 in Lucknow, India) is an Indian right-handed pitcher who previously played for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He was the first Indian player, along with Rinku Singh, to sign a contract with a major American baseball team.
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