Dalvi, who served Central Railways for a while, turned out as a swing bowler for Madhya Pradesh in four Ranji Trophy matches across 1958-59 and 1959-60. On the Mumbai club circuit, he played for Sunder CC

How India’s new bowling coach Paras trained under Hemu Dalvi at the Jhunjhunwala College nets in Cross Maidan before playing for the club which won the ‘A’ division Kanga League title in 1990