Dilip Doshi (1947-2025), the former India spinner, who passed away at the age of 77 in London on Monday evening, played first-class cricket for Bengal and Saurashtra, but Mumbai was where he laboured away to perfect his craft.

The departed left-arm spinner spent several months of the year in Mumbai a little before and after he made his first-class debut for Bengal in 1968-69.
On the advice of his father, young Dilip came over to be a standby in the Cricket Club of India team that participated in the Kanga League.

Former India left-arm spinner Dilip Doshi at the Mont Blanc store at Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, Colaba in 2014. Pic/Shadab Khan