Giving a overall view of baseball in India, the ABFI secretary general said sport has been improving stadily since the formation of ABFI in 1983. ````The player base has reached 20,000 mark. As many as 25 states have been given affiliation so far. Among them, Goa, Manipur, Orissa and Punjab have proved as the top four sides, Bhardwaj said. "In women"s world rankings, featuring 108 countries, India stands among the top eight," he added. Bhardwaj admitted that baseball in India is lacking proper infrastructure facility, sponsorship and visibility in the media. "We have not made any serious effort to find sponsors and market the sport. We will do that only after attaining a good standard like other mainstream sports," he explained. The ABFI secretary general claimed that coaches from USA, South Korea and Japan were invited in regular intervals to prepare the National team. Major League Baseball (MLB) also has been sending coaches to conduct clinics in India since 2003. The second National camp was held in Orissa because the state has emerged as a strong force in recent times. Baseball is making news since Sibananda Pradhan took charge as the secretary of the Baseball Association of Orissa (BAO). Orissa women won the junior National championship at Cuttack in 2007 and went on to annex the senior National title at Maduria this year. According to Pradhan, the player-base of the state has reached 3,000. Pradhan, however, regretted that BAO is not getting any support from the State Government for the promotion of baseball.