| Balaji Rao | |
| Country: | Canada |
| Fullname: | Wandavasi Dorakanti Balaji Rao |
| Nickname: | Kutty |
| Birth Date: | 4 March 1978 |
| Birth Place: | Chennai, India |
| Batting: | Left-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm leg-break |
| Role: | Bowler |
| International: | true |
| Internationalspan: | 2008–2011 |
| Odidebutdate: | 24 August |
| Odidebutyear: | 2008 |
| Odidebutagainst: | West Indies |
| Odicap: | 62 |
| Lastodidate: | 16 March |
| Lastodiyear: | 2011 |
| Lastodiagainst: | Australia |
| T20idebutdate: | 10 October |
| T20idebutyear: | 2008 |
| T20idebutagainst: | Pakistan |
| T20icap: | 14 |
| Lastt20idate: | 13 October |
| Lastt20iyear: | 2008 |
| Lastt20iagainst: | Zimbabwe |
| Columns: | 2 |
| Column1: | ODI |
| Matches1: | 10 |
| Runs1: | 59 |
| Bat Avg1: | 7.37 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 24 |
| Deliveries1: | 474 |
| Wickets1: | 12 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 37.33 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 4/57 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 3/ - |
| Column2: | T20I |
| Matches2: | 4 |
| Runs2: | 32 |
| Bat Avg2: | 10.66 |
| 100S/50S2: | 0/0 |
| Top Score2: | 22* |
| Deliveries2: | 84 |
| Wickets2: | 6 |
| Bowl Avg2: | 17.83 |
| Fivefor2: | 0 |
| Tenfor2: | 0 |
| Best Bowling2: | 3/21 |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 1/ - |
| Date: | 16 July |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Source: | http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/26826.html ESPNcricinfo |
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]
Balaji represented Tamil Nadu in the Ranji Trophy. He played for the Centurions Cricket Club, a large cricket organization in Toronto.[2]
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]