Diamond Thoughts

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“The parents who threw away the girl after giving birth will be crying inside because they can’t even meet their born daughter”
There is an orphanage in the city of Pune in Maharashtra, which is called ‘Shrivastava Orphanage’. On August 13, 1979, a girl was born in an unknown corner of the city, the parents did not know that it was a compulsion, that they threw a piece of their liver in the cradle of this orphanage early in the morning, the manager of the orphanage The lovely baby girl was named ‘Lailan’.
In those days, an American couple named Haren and Sue came to visit India. There was already a girl in her family, her purpose of coming to India was to adopt a boy. They came to this ashram in search of a handsome boy. They didn’t get a boy, but Sue’s eyes fell on Laila, and seeing the girl’s bright brown eyes and innocent face, she fell in love with her.
After taking legal action, the girl was adopted, Sue changed her name from Layla to ‘Lij’, they went back to America, but after a few years they settled permanently in Sydney.
The father taught his daughter to play cricket, starting from the home park, this journey went to playing with the street boy. His passion for cricket was immense, but he also completed his studies. She saw a good jeweller, finished her studies and moved forward. First she used to speak, then her bat started speaking and then her records started speaking.
1997- First match by New-South Wales
2001- Australia’s first ODI
2003- First Test by Australia
2005- First T20 by Australia
Eight Test matches, 416 runs, 23 wickets
125 ODIs, 2728 runs, 146 wickets
54 T-20s, 769 runs, 60 wickets
The first woman cricketer to take 1000 runs and 100 wickets in ODIs
He was the world’s number one all-rounder when the ICC’s ranking system began.
Australian captain! Wow!
ODI and T-20 – Participated in four World Cups.
In 2013, her team won the Cricket World Cup, the next day after that, this player said goodbye to international cricket.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has included Lija Sthalager in its Hall of Fame.
That is why it is said that every person comes with his own destiny, the parents left the girl in the orphanage, but destiny first took her to America and then made her the captain of the Australian cricket team and included her name among the great cricketers of the world.