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Message: <blockquote data-quote="yama_palla" data-source="post: 9245858" data-attributes="member: 321681">People power moves SangaThe fan who rose to be a superstar contends World Cup counts for little without the people<img src="http://print.dailymirror.lk/images/Sangakkara%281%29.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Sri Lanka’s cricket captain Kumar Sangakkara pours his  heart out at the launch of a “cheer song” for the World Cup at the  Cinnamon Grand Hotel in Colombo yesterday.            Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara yesterday acknowledged that cricket  was truly a people’s game and the World Cup meant nothing to his team  if it weren’t for them to play on the world stage where national pride  overtook everything else.     Sangakkara, who was just a 19-year old schoolboy when he witnessed Sri  Lanka lift the World Cup in 1996, opened up and held back nothing as he  graced the launch of a song for the people to coincide with the final  countdown for the big occasion.     The south paw batsman who rose from being a mere spectator to the  superstar he is, virtually out-punched the rest of speakers before him  and declared the World Cup was more than just a piece of silverware.     “This honour (of playing for the country) was afforded to us by the  people of Sri Lanka. It is they who endure hardships to watch us play  and have made us what we are today. Thank you for making us do what we  love to do”, said Sangakkara as he stole the show at the Cinnamon Grand  Hotel.     He was wise enough not to make any commitments although promoters of  yesterday’s show declared the World Cup was already in Sri Lanka’s  custody even before a ball could be bowled.     An all-female dance troupe led by male vocalist Lahiru Perera rendered a  version of what was touted as the World Cup rocker titled “Come Let’s  Conquer” for Sangakkara, who was incidentally late for its maiden  presentation a few minutes earlier.     Organisers of the show Sri Lanka Cricket believe that the song with its  wild-swing lyrics and the traditional big-match beat would spur the  team and catch up with fans as the World Cup draws near. The song will  be on air from today and how far it would appeal to fans will be a  matter for debate. Sangakkara would know it may count for little on the  long run with pundits yet to pick on a firm favourite that will be on  song.</blockquote>

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