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Ashen Bandara

Ashen Bandara

Sri Lankan cricketer

Koralegedera Nadeeja Ashen Bandara (born 23 November 1998), known as Ashen Bandara, is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who plays limited over internationals for Sri Lanka.[1] He made his international debut for the Sri Lanka cricket team in March 2021.[2]

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Domestic career

He made his Twenty20 debut for Galle Cricket Club in the 2015–16 Premier T20 Tournament on 6 January 2016.[3]

In December 2017, he was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[4] He made his first-class debut for Saracens Sports Club in the 2017–18 Premier League Tournament on 15 February 2018.[5] He made his List A debut for Saracens Sports Club in the 2017–18 Premier Limited Overs Tournament on 14 March 2018.[6]

In March 2018, he was named in Galle's squad for the 2017–18 Super Four Provincial Tournament.[7][8] The following month, he was also named in Galle's squad for the 2018 Super Provincial One Day Tournament.[9] In August 2018, he was named in Colombo's squad the 2018 SLC T20 League.[10] In March 2019, he was named in Dambulla's squad for the 2019 Super Provincial One Day Tournament.[11]

In January 2020, he scored a century for Saracens Sports Club in the 2019–20 SLC Twenty20 Tournament.[12] In October 2020, he was drafted by the Dambulla Viiking for the inaugural edition of the Lanka Premier League.[13] In August 2021, he was named in the SLC Blues team for the 2021 SLC Invitational T20 League tournament.[14] In November 2021, he was selected to play for the Jaffna Kings following the players' draft for the 2021 Lanka Premier League.[15] In July 2022, he was signed by the Kandy Falcons for the third edition of the Lanka Premier League.[16]

Having represented the Sri Lanka Police cricket team that won joint champion status in the 2023 Sri Lanka Cricket first-class competition, Bandara was appointed to the police service in the rank of inspector of police (IP).[17]

International career

In November 2019, he was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2019 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup in Bangladesh.[18] Later the same month, he was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the men's cricket tournament at the 2019 South Asian Games.[19] The Sri Lanka team won the silver medal, after they lost to Bangladesh by seven wickets in the final.[20]

In February 2021, Bandara was named in Sri Lanka's limited overs squad for their series against the West Indies.[21] He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Sri Lanka on 3 March 2021, against the West Indies.[22] He made his One Day International (ODI) debut for Sri Lanka on 10 March 2021, also against the West Indies.[23] On ODI debut, he scored his maiden ODI half century.[24] In his third ODI match, he scored his second ODI half century, and with Wanidu Hasaranga, made an unbeaten 123-run partnership for the seventh-wicket.[25]

On 1 October 2021, he was added to Sri Lanka's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[26] In April 2022, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) named him in the Sri Lanka Emerging Team's squad for their tour to England.[27] In June 2022, he was named in the Sri Lanka A squad for their matches against Australia A during Australia's tour of Sri Lanka.[28]

References

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    "Sri Lanka 'A' squads announced for Australia 'A' games". The Papare. Retrieved 8 June 2022.

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