Melbourne, July 10, 2026 – melbourne After the pictures of Prime Minister Narendra Modi signing the bat of a female player on the cricket field went viral, many people are curious to know who is this female player?
In fact, on his third day of Australia tour Prime Minister Narendra Modi Reached Melbourne Cricket Ground, where he met many players. The prominent players whom PM Modi met included former Australian captain Steve Waugh and former Australian women’s team captain Lisa Sthalekar.
Lisa Sthalekar is the first player of Indian origin to play an international match for Australia. During this, Lisa also took an autograph on a bat from PM Modi. In Melbourne, the two Prime Ministers together unveiled the India-Australia Sports Collaboration Roadmap, which will promote cooperation in the fields of sports training and capacity building, sports science and technology, as well as sports industry and investment.
Journey from birth in Pune to becoming captain of Australia
Lisa was born in Pune. But he was left in the hospital as a newborn baby. Later, she was kept in a nearby orphanage, from where Haren and his wife Sue Lisa were adopted. The administrators of the orphanage had named Lisa as Lela. With a new name and a new family, Lisa first went to Kenya and then to Australia. Lisa was introduced to cricket by her father.
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Lisa’s cricket career started with New South Wales in 1997. Four years later, he created history by playing the first international match for Australia. In 2001, he made his ODI debut against England. Lisa was a member of the Australian women’s team till 2013. He said goodbye to cricket after the 2013 World Cup.
Lisa played 8 test matches for Australia during her career in which she scored 416 runs and took 23 wickets. When in 125 ODI matches, he scored 2728 runs and took 146 wickets. He has 769 runs and 60 wickets in his name in 54 T20 international matches. Lisa was a part of the Australian team that won the 2005 and 2013 ODI World Cups and the 2010 and 2012 T20 World Cups. She has twice won the Belinda Clark Award, which is given to the best Australian female cricketer of the year.
Cricket is the center of dialogue between the two countries
Talking to DD News on the sports roadmap between India and Australia, Lisa said, “I think it is a very nice and exciting thing that both the countries have come together and made this roadmap. Cricket is probably at the center of communication and good coordination between our two countries. But apart from that, there are many other opportunities as well.”
“Obviously, with the Commonwealth Games and the Olympics coming up for India, and given Australia’s history in the Olympics and it being held here in Melbourne, hopefully that information can be shared. I love the fact that we are both governments that we can share information with each other to strengthen each other’s country.”
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