Keralite girl to carry ball for Brazil-Costa Rica match on 22nd June
Nathaniya is among the children who would accompany players with the ball for the Group E match to be staged at the St. Petersburg Stadium in Saint Petersburg.
Nathaniya, 11, chosen as an official match ball carrier (OMBC) for Friday's match, is a Class 7 student at the Hrishivala Boarding School at Madanapalli in Andhra Pradesh.
She is the daughter of Mathew John, who is from the Thiruvalla Kandathil family, and Saju Jacob from the Manampurathu family in Mavelikkara.The family lives at Grosswin Road, Kotagiri, Tamil Nadu.
Only two OMBCs have been chosen from India, the other being Hrishi Tej from Karnataka.
Tej became the first-ever Indian ball-boy to feature in a FIFA World Cup. He took the field for the match between Belgium and Panama in Sochi last Monday.Under the FIFA OMBC programme, 64 school kids from various countries have been selected for the honour.
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