Rinku Singh pitches left-handed but Suraj Sharma, who plays him, throws right-handed. They had to flip the image to make it appear as though he was pitching left-handed.
Bill Paxton plays Tom House, who not only consulted on the film but also was a real Major League pitcher and coach. House is known for two things in his career: as a coach with the Texas Rangers, he helped Nolan Ryan through the end of his Hall of Fame career. As a young pitcher for the Atlanta Braves, he was in the bullpen when Hank Aaron hit his 715th home run to break Babe Ruth's all-time career home run record. House is seen on film catching Aaron's ball and is then seen at home plate fighting his way through a crowd of people to present Aaron with the ball after he has jogged the bases.
In the movie, Dinesh Patel's father is a truck driver, while in real life it was Rinku Singh's father.
The first rap song played when JB arrives in India is actually not Indian, but Dutch/Turkish.
At Popo's house party, a USC Trojans football helmet can be seen in Popo's room. Rey Maualuga, who portrays Popo, played football at USC.