Mangaluru: Veteran cricketer M N Shanker (88) passes away

Bellevision Media Network

Mangaluru, 25 June 2015: M N Shanker, a veteran cricketer and a former physical instructor of St Aloysius College passed away here during the early hours of Thursday June 25. He is aged 88 years and survived by his wife, a son, two daughters.

 

M N Shanker who hailed from Mangaluru was born on 17 June 1927. He studied at St Aloysius High School and Government College (now University College) here. He was a middle-order batsman known for his stylish shots and  had played for Mangalore Sports Club. His cricketing career sparkled with several centuries which won him hundreds of fans.

 

He worked as physical director of St Aloysius College for 2 years. Nitte University chancellor N Vinay Hegde and former Lokayukta Justice N Santosh Hegde are among his several students at Aloysius College where he was the favorite physical instructor of the students.

 

Shanker who later left for Mumbai joined Cotton Textile Export Promotion Council of India’s cricket team there. He was later inducted into the Council and was transferred to Chennai as the Endorsement Officer of the Council. Upon retirement, he lived in Mangaluru. He even used to coach young cricketers as part of the summer coaching camp of Dakshina Kannada Cricket Association for nearly 2 decades.