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Support the Sri Lanka Cricket Team to Bring Back the Cup

January 23, 2015         Colombo

 

National Cricket Team sponsor, Dialog Axiata PLC, launched 'Cricket Loka Kusalana Lankawe Ape Jathika Pathuma', the official wishing campaign of the Sri Lanka Cricket Team for the ICC World Cup 2015 to channel the well wishes of an entire nation to support the Sri Lanka Cricket team.

'Sri Lanka Cricket World Cup Wish' – powered by Dialog Axiata PLC, was officially launched with the inaugural signature of Hon. Navin Dissanayake MP, Minister of Sports at the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) headquarters today. The national team who are at present touring New Zealand joined the event via a video call, facilitated by Dialog.

The Sri Lanka cricket team – Our Lions, Our Pride – carry the expectations of all Sri Lankans and the wishing campaign evokes the blessings of all 21 million Sri Lankans to the team during their World Cup endeavor to bring back the cup. Dialog, voted by Sri Lankan consumers as the Telecom Services Provider of the Year for the third year in succession at the SLIM-Nielsen Peoples Choice Awards, took on the mantle of powering Cricket – the national sporting passion of Sri Lankans in July 2013. Dialog's National Team sponsorship title encompasses both Men’s and Women’s national cricket teams across all forms of the game spanning Test, One Day and T20 played in Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka will commence their World Cup campaign when they take on the Kiwis in a Pool A game, on February 14, 2015 at Christchurch, New Zealand.

The Sri Lanka Cricket – Dialog Wishing Truck will travel the length and breadth of the country on the below dates to collect signatures of the nation.