He was employed by the Bombay Berar and Central Indian Railways, and also played for the latter's corporate cricket team.

He played in the all-Indian team led by the Maharaja of Patiala during their tour of England in 1911 where Baloo's outstanding performance was praised.

Palwankar Baloo was born in Dharwad, Bombay Presidency, British India on 19 March 1876 to a chambhar (chamar) family.

He started working as a groundsman maintaining the pitch for the Parsis in Pune and later at the British Poona Gymkhana where he occasionally bowled to J. G. Greig, an English batsman.

[5] He was employed by the Bombay Berar and Central Indian Railways, and also played for the latter's corporate cricket team.

If he wanted to wash his face a fellow so-called lower caste attendant would bring him water in a corner.

Things seem to have improved when he moved to Bombay and afterward but he was denied the captaincy of the Hindu team in the Quadrangular Tournament.