Wandavasi Dorakanti Balaji Rao (born 4 March 1978) is an Indian-Canadian former cricketer who played 10 One Day Internationals and four Twenty20 Internationals for Canada between 2008 and 2011. Earlier in his career, he made appearances for the India national under-19 cricket team.[1]
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| Full name | Wandavasi Dorakanti Balaji Rao | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 March 1978 Chennai, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Kutty | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm leg-break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 62) | 24 August 2008 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 16 March 2011 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 14) | 10 October 2008 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 13 October 2008 v Zimbabwe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 16 July 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cricket career
editBalaji represented Tamil Nadu in the Ranji Trophy. He played for the Centurions Cricket Club, a large cricket organization in Toronto.[2]
Controversies
editOn 3 March 2011, in the 2011 Cricket World Cup match between Canada and Pakistan, following an aggressive exchange between Pakistani bowler Umar Gul, Rao, who was batting, lashed out with Hindi slurs after Pakistani fielder Ahmed Shehzad appeared to provoke the batsman.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Balaji Rao". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ "Championships". Centurions CC. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
- ^ "Moments of the World Cup: Balaji Rao puts Canada on the sledging map, 2011". Sify. Archived from the original on 19 June 2018.
External links
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