Koralegedera Nadeeja Ashen Bandara (born November 23, 1998), known as Ashen Bandara, is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer. He made his international debut for the Sri Lankan cricket team in March 2021.

Domestic career

He made his Twenty20 debut for Galle Cricket Club in the 2015/16 Premier T20 Tournament on January 6, 2016. In December 2017 he was named to Sri Lanka's squad for the 2018 U19 World Cricket Championship.

On February 15, 2018, he made his world-class debut for Saracens Sports Club in the 2017-18 Premier League tournament. He made his List A debut for Saracens Sports Club on March 14, 2018, at the Premier Limited Overs Tournament 2017-18. In March 2018, he was named to Galles' squad for the 2017-18 Super Four provincial tournament. The following month, he was also named to Galle's roster for the 2018 Super Provincial One Day Tournament. In August 2018, he was named to Colombo's squad for the 2018 SLC T20 League.

In March 2019, he was named to Dambulla's squad for the Super Provincial One Day Tournament 2019. In January 2020, he scored a century for Saracens Sports Club in the 2019-20 SLC Twenty20 tournament. In October 2020 he was drafted by the Dambulla Viiking for the inaugural edition of the Lanka Premier League. In August 2021 he was appointed to the SLC Blues team for the SLC Invitational T20 League tournament 2021.

International career

In November 2019 he was appointed to Sri Lanka's squad for the ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2019 in Bangladesh. Later that month he was named to Sri Lanka's squad for the men's cricket tournament at the 2019 South Asian Games. The Sri Lankan team won the silver medal after losing to Bangladesh in the final with seven wickets.

In February 2021, Bandara was called up to Sri Lanka's limited oversized squad for her series against the West Indies. He made his debut at Twenty20 International (T20I) for Sri Lanka on March 3, 2021, against the West Indies. He made his debut at One Day International (ODI) on March 10, 2021, for Sri Lanka, also against the West Indies. When he made his ODI debut, he achieved his first half-century ODI.

In his third ODI match, he scored his second half ODI century, and with Wanidu Hasaranga he formed an unbeaten 123-run partnership for the seventh wicket.