MANGALURU: A slice of India’s lesser-known cricketing heritage came alive in Mangaluru on Saturday with the launch of Red Cherries on the Canara Coast: The Story of Cricket in Mangaluru and Udupi — a book chronicling over a century of the sport’s evolution along the coastal districts of Karnataka.

The event, organised by the Mangaluru Chapter of the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) in collaboration with Art Kanara Trust, also unveiled a week-long exhibition of rare archival photographs at the Kodialguthu Centre for Art and Culture, Ballalbagh.

Former state minister Krishna J. Palemar released the book in the presence of author and former Times of India editor Jayanth Kodkani, antiquities collector M. Prashanth Shet, veteran umpire Kasturi Balakrishna Pai, and

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