Sri Lanka Spinner Arrested, Put In Jail

Sri Lanka’s Ashen Bandara was arrested on March 08 (Saturday) after the reports claimed that he had assaulted his neighbor following a parking-related issue. As of now, he is out on bail but will be needed to appear in court on March 12.

Sri Lanka’s police have reported that the incident occurred on Saturday evening in Kolamunna, Piliyandala, where the leg-spinner resides. Following an argument over a parked vehicle that was blocking the road, Bandara entered the neighbor’s house and assaulted the individual.

Ashen Bandara arrested for alleged assault on parking issue

The police of the country expressed a statement, where they informed that they arrested the middle-order batter of the national side on suspicion, but bailed him out on the same day.

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“On Saturday evening, one of the neighbors had complained of Bandara causing trouble, and that he had trespassed into someone's house. The verbal confrontation had then escalated into a physical one. He was arrested on suspicion of assault on Saturday night and bailed out on the same day.” Sri Lanka’s police expressed in a statement.

Many reports have claimed the news but he truth is yet to come. The ESPNcricinfo noted that they wanted to contact Sri Lanka’s CEO, Ashley de Silva, who informed that they would require further information on the incident before deciding on taking action.

De Silva also noted that while Badara is not a centrally contracted player for the side, he is under contract with the Polic SC in Sri Lanka’s National Super League, and that could be liable for sullying the reputation of SLC.

“We first need to look at the contract and also look at the incident. If he is thought to have brought SLC into disrepute, then there is further action that we can take. So we will discuss the matter internally, and if it warrants an inquiry, we will conduct one.” De Silva explained.

Ashen Bandara faced India in the 2023 series

The 26-year-old has featured in 12 white-ball international games, including six ODIs and as many T20Is. He has clubbed a total of 238 runs in 10 innings at a strike rate of around 80 with two half-centuries at the best score of unbeaten 55 runs.

Badara made his ODI debut against the West Indies at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound, Antigua, in 2021, while his final game for Sri Lanka in the format came against India in 2023 in Thiruvananthapuram, as he couldn’t take part in the contest due to injury.

He was part of the 2023 Asian Games, where he faced Afghanistan in the last T20I contest. Overall, Bandara collected 2578 runs in 70 FC innings at 40.92, scoring five centuries and 14 fifties at the best score of unbeaten 113 runs.

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In 81 List A games, he smashed 2125 runs at an average of 30.79 and a strike rate of 84.12, with one century and 12 half-centuries. He was part of 50 T20 innings where he smacked 1150 runs at 30.26 and a strike rate of 122.60, thanks to one century.

Sri Lanka failed to play the Champions Trophy 2025

Because of their poor performance in the ODI World Cup 2023, Sri Lanka failed to play in the Champions Trophy, but they will hope to do better in their conditions during the T20 World Cup 2026.

In the ODI format, they have started to do well under Charith Asalanka as they beat Australia in a two-match 50-over series and will hope to carry the same form in the future.