Official World Cup song released
View(s):National cricket team sponsor, Dialog Axiata, launched the official Sri Lanka Cricket 2015 World Cup Song – ‘Sri Lanka Api Thamai’ (We are Sri Lanka) – at a grand musical extravaganza at the CR&FC in Colombo featuring the Sri Lanka cricket team amidst thousands of cheering fans.
The song was performed live before the cricket team by its stellar line-up of artistes which included Sunil and Piyal Perera, Bathiya, Santhush, Nalin Perera, Lanthra Fernando, Umariya, Sangeetha, Meena, Bachi, Joey Lewis and Stephanie Siriwardena. The national team was also presented with copies of the track. The Official Sri Lanka Cricket 2015 World Cup Song is an initiative powered by Dialog Axiata combining the hopes and wishes of 21 million Sri Lankan cricket fans.
“The Sri Lankan cricket team represents the pride of the nation. They unite the passions of every Sri Lankan, and through this song we hope to channel the hopes and blessings and strength of the entire nation to our team to bring the World Cup home. It also gives us a common anthem to cheer our team, and I would like to thank everyone for their unstinted support to produce this exceptional song,” said Amali Nanayakkara, the Group Chief Marketing Officer of Dialog Axiata.
Sri Lanka will commence their World Cup campaign when they take on New Zealand in a Pool ‘A’ game, on February 14, 2015 at Christchurch in New Zealand.