Sports & Fitness
Text by Shraddha Jahagirdar-Saxena
The former captain of the Australian women’s team and a member of the winning squads at two World Cups (2005 and 2013) and two World Twenty20 (T20) tournaments (2010 and 2012) has earned herself a formidable reputation in the arena of the willow. Born in Pune, India, but adopted at three-weeks-old from the Shreevatsa Orphanage, by the then US-based Sue and Haren Sthalekar, Lisa Sthalekar grew up in Australia, where her family subsequently settled – and the rest, as they say, is history. Her career has been well-chronicled as she donned the hats of cricketer, commentator and administrator through the years, becoming a globally recognisable name.
Mithali Raj, the incumbent ODI captain, who has spearheaded the team to…