It is anticipated that the public interest in this Janashakthi Insurance Test will be high after the Sri Lanka record-breaking effort in the First Test.
In the result oriented SSC wicket the sponsor - Janashakthi Life Insurance Company Limited have offered the winning team the Janashakthi Trophy.
Janashakthi have in the past been closely involved in cricket, with the Group Chairman C. T. A. Schaffter having represented Sri Lanka. In addition the Group Managing Director, Tryphon R. Mirando is the present Secretary of the BCCSL.
Speaking on the sponsorship R. J. De Silva, Managing Director of Janashakthi Life Insurance Co. himself a former member of the Board, stated that ''Janashakthi has taken insurance to the rural areas and it is our intention to popularise cricket also in these areas. Recently Janashakthi played an exhibition match in Anuradhapura which attracted a crowd of over 5,000.''
Sri Lanka cricket has put this country on the world map and it is our duty to support this effort. Recently even CNN reported the First Test match on their news broadcast. We have achieved the pinnacle in one-day cricket and we have begun our journey to establishing supremacy in Test cricket also.
Further, Janashakthi Life Insurance Co. is presently involved in formulating another cricket which will be a landmark in this country.