From Orphanage to Lisa Sthalekar Induction Into ICC Hall of Fame Journey

“Every achievement has the tale to portray”, many of the athletes have their story that goes hand-in-hand with this saying, such a story is also about Lisa. Most of the current and former sports personalities have very modest inception, from where they have achieved the success, regardless of all odds being piled upon them. (Related blog: How Artificial Intelligence Plays Football?)

 

The shining star, a former Australian cricketer Lisa Sthalekar, has been inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame. This is her recent achievement, but more interesting is her journey behind this achievement. 

 

In the year 1978, Lisa was three weeks old when her foster parents adopted her from an orphanage in Pune, India. She is Indian by origin, the primary name is Laila. Her biological parents count not support her so they left her at an orphanage form where she was adopted by a USA’s couple.

 

After spending four years in Kenya and the US, the family settled down to Australia, from where Lisa has set out an aisle for becoming one of the world’s excellent female cricketer. She glitz as an all-rounder and represents Australia in 187 games in between 2001 and 2013, across the globe. Over 200 wickets and more than 4000 runs, Lisa was the headliner of the show.  

All favourite sport can unite the world beyond boundaries, following the headlines, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has inducted Australian cricketer’s Lisa Sthlalekar into the Hall of Fame along with South Africa's Jacques Kallis and Pakistan's Zaheer Abbas, who also got inducted in ICC Hall of Fame. (Source)