Balaji Rao (Canadian cricketer)

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Balaji Rao
Personal information
Full name
Wandavasi Dorakanti Balaji Rao
Born (1978-03-04) 4 March 1978 (age 46)
Chennai, India
NicknameKutty
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm leg-break
Role Bowler
International information
National side
ODI debut(cap  62)24 August 2008 v  West Indies
Last ODI16 March 2011 v  Australia
T20I debut(cap  14)10 October 2008 v  Pakistan
Last T20I13 October 2008 v  Zimbabwe
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I
Matches104
Runs scored5932
Batting average 7.3710.66
100s/50s0/00/0
Top score2422*
Balls bowled47484
Wickets 126
Bowling average 37.3317.83
5 wickets in innings 00
10 wickets in match00
Best bowling4/573/21
Catches/stumpings 3/1/
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 16 July 2024

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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Cricket career

Balaji represented Tamil Nadu in the Ranji Trophy. He played for the Centurions Cricket Club, a large cricket organization in Toronto. [2]

Controversies

On 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]

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References

  1. "Balaji Rao". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  2. "Championships". Centurions CC. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  3. "Moments of the World Cup: Balaji Rao puts Canada on the sledging map, 2011". Sify . Archived from the original on 19 June 2018.