Over the years, we have seen many players of Indian origin who have represented different countries at the international level. The players or their families have migrated to other countries for education, work or other reasons. Nasser Hussain, KS Ranjitsingh, Ish Sodhi, Monty Panesar, Shivnarine Chanderpaul are some of them.



Lisa Sthalekar

Lisa Sthalekar was named Laila at birth. She was born on August 13, 1979 in Pune, Maharashtra. She was adopted by Haren and Sue Sthalekar at Srivatsa orphanage in Pune. Lisa was introduced to cricket by her father through backyard games. She became the first woman cricketer to score 1,000 runs and take 100 wickets in ODIs.

Lisa announced her retirement from international cricket the day after Australia won the 2013 Women's Cricket World Cup. In 2020, she was inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame.

Arjun Nair

Arjun Nair is a mystery spinner from India who plays for New South Wales. He was born on April 12, 1998, in Canberra, Australia. Arjun made his first-class debut in 2016 against South Australia FC, taking two wickets and scoring a valuable 37 runs further down the batting order.

Arjun has also represented Australia at the U-19 level. He is part of the He is Sydney Thunder team in the Big Bash League. Arjun is known in the Australian cricket circuit for his various bowling styles.

Jason Jaskirat Singh Sangha


Jason Sangha was born on September 8, 1999 in New South Wales. He led Australia in the 2018 ICC U-19 World Cup. He scored 229 runs and was Australia's leading run-scorer in the tournament.

Sangha's father Kuldip is from Bathinda, Punjab. He migrated to Australia in the 1980s to pursue higher education. Jason made his first-class debut for Cricket Australia against England in 2017, becoming the second youngest player to score a first-class century against England.

Gurinder Singh Sandhu


Gurinder Sandhu is the first Indian male cricketer to represent Australia in an international tournament. He was born on 14 June 1993 in Blacktown, New South Wales. His parents are from the Faridkot district of Punjab and later migrated to Australia. Sandhu made his debut against India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in 2015. He took three wickets in two ODI matches for Australia. Sandhu was also part of the Delhi Daredevils team in the 2015 Indian Premier League season.

Tanveer Sangha


Tanveer Sangha is the second Indian player to be selected for the Australian national cricket team. He was Australia's leading wicket-taker in the 2020 U-19 World Cup, taking 15 wickets at an average of 11.46 and an economy rate of 3.58. Tanveer was born in Sydney, Australia on 26 November 2001. His father, Joga Sangha, is from Jalandhar and migrated to Australia to study and eventually settled there in 1997. Tanveer plays for Sydney Thunder in the Big Bash League (BBL).