Koralegedera Nadeeja Ashen Bandara (conceived 23 November 1998), known as Ashen Bandara, is an expert Sri Lankan cricketer. He made his global presentation for the Sri Lanka cricket crew in March 2021.
Homegrown profession
He made his Twenty20 presentation for Galle Cricket Club in the 2015-16 Premier T20 Tournament on 6 January 2016.
In December 2017, he was named to Sri Lanka's crew for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He made his five-star debut for Saracens Sports Club in the 2017-18 Premier League Tournament on 15 February 2018. He made his List A presentation for Saracens Sports Club in the 2017-18 Premier Limited Overs Tournament on 14 March 2018.
In March 2018, he was named in Galle's crew for the 2017-18 Super Four Provincial Tournament. The next month, he was likewise named in Galle's crew for the 2018 Super Provincial One Day Tournament. In August 2018, he was named to Colombo's crew for the 2018 SLC T20 League. In March 2019, he was named to Dambulla's crew for the 2019 Super Provincial One Day Tournament.
In January 2020, he scored 100 years for Saracens Sports Club in the 2019-20 SLC Twenty20 Tournament. In October 2020, he was drafted by the Dambulla Viiking for the debut release of the Lanka Premier League. In August 2021, he was named in the SLC Blues group for the 2021 SLC Invitational T20 League competition. In November 2021, he was chosen to play for the Jaffna Kings following the players' draft for the 2021 Lanka Premier League. In July 2022, he was endorsed by the Kandy Falcons for the third release of the Lanka Premier League.
Global Profession
In November 2019, he was named in Sri Lanka's crew for the 2019 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup in Bangladesh. Later that very month, he was named in Sri Lanka's crew for the men's cricket competition at the 2019 South Asian Games. The Sri Lanka group won the silver award after they lost to Bangladesh by seven wickets in the final.
In February 2021, Bandara was named in Sri Lanka's restricted overs crew for their series against the West Indies. He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Sri Lanka on 3 March 2021, against the West Indies. He made his One Day International (ODI) debut for Sri Lanka on 10 March 2021, likewise against the West Indies. On their ODI debut, he scored his lady ODI half-century. In his third ODI match, he scored his second ODI in 50 years, and with Wanidu Hasaranga, made an unbeaten 123-run organization for the seventh wicket.
On 1 October 2021, he was added to Sri Lanka's crew for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. In April 2022, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) named him to the Sri Lanka Emerging Team's crew for their visit to England. In June 2022, he has named in Sri Lanka A crew for their matches against Australia A during Australia's visit to Sri Lanka.