The Million Dollar Arm was launched in November 2007 to discover the fastest arm in India (for males between 15-25) and nurture their development to become the first Indian to play professional baseball in the US. Approximately 30k kids participated in the first contest which was held across 30 stops in India. The finals were held in Mumbai. The entire contest-from the qualifiers to the finals- was telecast on Zee Sports.

Rinku Singh was the winner of the contest. Dinesh Kumar Patel was the first runner-up. They are both currently training at the RDRBI Institute located at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles.