Balaji Rao (Canadian cricketer)

Wandavasi Dorakanti Balaji Rao 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.

Cricket career

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

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.