Adelaide, Aug. 1 -- Most Australian cricketers' pathways to higher honours are straightforward. Play underage representative cricket, get recognised and perform. and then get selected.
For Cricket Australia XI member Jerrssis Wadia, that pathway has been anything but. The Indian-born 24-year-old burst onto the scene last season for Adelaide Strikers, where, in just his second BBL match, he hit his first three balls for six against Brisbane Heat. It catapulted him from relative obscurity into a recognisable name.
"The media stuff just went through the roof," Wadia recalled of the days following his breakout innings. "It was kind of tough at the start, but I feel like it's my story that brings some attention, coming from an Indian backgroun...