A right-arm fast-medium bowler, Paras Laxmikant Mhambrey, played 2 Tests and 3 ODIs for India. Even though Mhambrey failed to make it big at the international stage, he enjoyed considerable success at the domestic level.

He made his Ranji debut against Uttar Pradesh in 1992/93. The game though was marred by rain, with Mhambrey bowling just three overs in the match. He then had to wait for the next season to get a proper opportunity and he didn't disappoint when he finally got the chance.

In the 1993/94 season, Mhambrey showed his mettle my taking 30 wickets in eight games at an average of 23.73. His best spell that season came against Maharashtra as he took 5/35 to bowl them out for just 75. Bombay (now Mumbai) went on to win the title, the first of five Ranji titles that Mhambrey won in his career.

His next season turned out to be even better as he snaffled 54 wickets and was selected to play for India A in 1995. That particular season Mhambrey had an excellent Irani Trophy game, taking 5/20 against Rest of India at Wankhede.

Mhambrey did well for India A and was one of the five fast bowlers who were selected for the preparatory camp before the 1996 World Cup. However, he failed to make the cut as the other four pacers - Venkatesh Prasad, Javagal Srinath, Manoj Prabhakar and Salil Ankola, were chosen ahead of him.

He finally got his chance to play for India when he was selected for India's tour of England in 1996. He made his ODI debut at the Oval, taking 2/69 in his 9 overs. He failed to pick a wicket in the next ODI and was left out of the final game. His Test debut came at Edgbaston where he took the solitary wicket of Michael Atherton in the game. He looked very ineffective in the second Test at Lord's as well and lost his place in the side after he managed to take just one wicket in the game.

Mhambrey played one more ODI in his career and that came in the Coca-Cola Triangular Series in 1998. Playing against Bangladesh in front of his home crowd at Wankhede, he took 1/22 in his 6 overs. He continued playing domestic cricket and retired after leading Mumbai to a Ranji Trophy title in 2002/03. He took 284 wickets in his first-class career at an average of 24.36. His List A stats are impressive as well. In 83 games, he bagged 111 wickets at 25.48. Apart from his bowling, he was a handy batsman lower down the order.

After retirement, he shifted his focus towards coaching and took a Level-3 coaching diploma from the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore. He coached Maharashtra for two seasons before moving to Bengal, who reached the Ranji final twice in two seasons under him.

He was appointed as the coach of India A in 2007. He later coached Baroda and Vidarbha as well. He was part of the Mumbai Indians coaching staff for four years. On Rahul Dravid's recommendation, he was chosen as the bowling coach of India A in July 2015.