Dubai / New York: It is said that if you go to the moon, there will be a Malayali to run a tea shop there. When the US Open is held in America and the Asia Cup cricket is held in the UAE, Malayalees are present as officials even though they are not players in both places.
Shinoy Soman, the official scorer of Asia Cup cricket, hails from Mavelikkara. Shinoy, who works in Dubai, is the ICC scorer in all five cup matches at the Dubai International Stadium, including today’s India-Pakistan match. Mavelikara Thazhakkara is the son of Motaykal Soman and Shyamala. Priya is the wife. Children: Ryan, Tashin and Fiona.
U.S. Kozhikode native Samarth Deepudas is the ball boy in open tennis. Samarth’s family has been living in New York for years. As a player at the U-16 level in the US, Samarth was selected as a ball boy.
2017 U.S. Samarth also got a chance to toss in the match between Diego Shatzman and Marin Cilic in the Open. The 15-year-old is the son of Deepu Das, a network engineer in the US, and Dhanya. Studying in ninth class. Tapasya is the sister.