Wandavasi Dorakanti Balaji Rao (born 4 March 1978) is an Indian
cricketer
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who has played one
One Day International
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and four
Twenty20 Internationals
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for
Canada
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. He also played for India in the U-19 level.
Personal life
Balaji currently resides in the Scarborough district of
Toronto
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,
Ontario
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. He plays for the Centurions Cricket Club, a large cricket organization in Toronto.
Controversies
On 3 March 2011, in the
2011 Cricket World Cup
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match between Canada and Pakistan, following an aggressive exchange between Pakistani bowler
Umar Gul
Umar Gul (Urdu: , ps, عمر گل) (born 15 October 1982 ) is a Pakistani cricket coach and former cricketer who is the current bowling coach of Quetta Gladiators.
He played all three formats of the game as a right arm fast medium bowler for ...
, Rao, who was batting, lashed out with Hindi slurs after Pakistani fielder
Ahmed Shehzad
Ahmed Shehzad ( Punjabi:احمد شہزاد; born 23 November 1991) is a Pakistani international cricketer. He is an opening batsman who made his One Day International and Twenty20 International debut for Pakistan in April 2009 against Australi ...
appeared to provoke the batsman.
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1978 births
Living people
Canada One Day International cricketers
Canada Twenty20 International cricketers
Canadian cricketers
Indian cricketers
Railways cricketers
Telugu people
Indian emigrants to Canada
Cricketers at the 2011 Cricket World Cup
Tamil Nadu cricketers
South Zone cricketers
Cricketers from Chennai
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