The 1996 World cup an unforgettable piece of history in Sri Lankan sports, the winning of Cricket World cup where some brave men, against all odds stood tall to bring glory to a little insignificant island.
It was a day in all our lives and now many close-calls later the men are revered even more.
This group of legends who brought home glory, reunite for exhibition T20 cricket in aid of the Baby Cheramy Big Heart project which will be worked off at the NCC grounds on 12th January 2013 at 10.00 am. This was revealed in a media briefing which was held at the magnificent recently ordained Kingsbury Hotel.
The national cricket champs of the 1996, captain Arjuna Ranathunga, Aravinda De Silva, Sanath Jayasuriya, Asanka Gurusinghe, HashanThilakarathne, Roshan Mahanama, Romesh Kaluwitharane, Upul Chandana, Chaminda Vaas, Pramodya Wickramasinghe, Ravindra Pushpakumara, and Muttaiah Muralidaran have volunteered to take to the field as a team. Their prospective opposition team will consist of Thilan Samaraweera, Prasanna Jayawardane, Graeme Labroy, Sidath Wettamuni, Brendon Kuruppu,, Kapila Wijegunawardane, Hemantha Wickramarathne, Roger Wijesuriya, Ashoka De Silva Hemantha Revapriya, Ranjith Madurusinghe, Sanjeewa Weerasinghe and Erick Upashantha.
Baby Cheramy celebrating its 50th anniversary in partnership with the Department of Probation and Childcare Services, Ministry of Child Development and Women’s Affairs have organized this event with the objective of promoting education among children who are at risk of dropping out of school due to poverty.
The media briefing was held with the presence of Mrs. Yamuna Perera, Commissioner of the Department of Probation and Childcare services, representatives of Hemas whose flagship brand is Baby Cheramy, Roshan Mahanama, Project Ambassador of the Big Heart Project, 1996 captain Arjuna Ranathunga along with the World cup winning cricketers. Meanwhile it was revealed that the team will continue to be involved and take necessary measures in the future to uplift the education of the children who suffer from poverty.
The special 20- 20 exhibition match organizing committee invites the public to take part in this event tolend support to the cause of these children and ThePapare.com joins the intimation inviting all Cricket fans to take this opportunity to pay homage to their legends of 96 by turning up in numbers.
