Elias Sunny

{{short description|Bangladeshi cricketer (born 1986)}} {{multiple issues| {{BLP primary sources|date=April 2018}} {{BLP sources|date=April 2018}} }} {{EngvarB|date=August 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Elias Sunny | image = | country = Bangladesh | fullname = Mohammad Elias Sunny | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|1|1|df=y}} | birth_place = Dhaka, Bangladesh | heightft = 5 | heightinch = 7 | batting = Left-handed | bowling = Slow left-arm orthodox | role = Bowler | international = true | testdebutdate = 21 October | testdebutyear = 2011 | testdebutagainst = West Indies | testcap = 60 | lasttestdate = 8 March | lasttestyear = 2013 | lasttestagainst = Sri Lanka | odidebutdate = 3 December | odidebutyear = 2011 | odidebutagainst = Pakistan | odicap = 101 | lastodidate = 8 December | lastodiyear = 2012 | lastodiagainst = West Indies | odishirt = 19 | T20Idebutagainst = Ireland | T20Idebutdate = 18 July | T20Idebutyear = 2012 | lastT20Iagainst = New Zealand | lastT20Idate = 21 September | lastT20Iyear = 2012 | T20Icap = 31 | club1 = Khulna Division | year1 = 2009/10 | clubnumber1 = | club2 = Chittagong Division | year2 = 2004/05–2009/10 | clubnumber2 = | club3 = Dhaka Division | year3 = 2003/04–2010/11 | clubnumber3 = | club4 = Dhaka Metropolis | year4 = 2011–2019/20 | clubnumber4 = | club5 = Barisal Burners | year5 = 2013 | club6 = Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club | year6 = 2013/14–2021 | club7 = | year7 = | columns = 4 | column1 = Test | matches1 = 4 | runs1 = 38 | bat avg1 = 7.60 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 20* | deliveries1 = 863 | wickets1 = 12 | bowl avg1 = 43.16 | fivefor1 = 1 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 6/94 | catches/stumpings1 = 1/– | column2 = ODI | matches2 = 4 | runs2 = 2 | bat avg2 = 1.00 | 100s/50s2 = 0/0 | top score2 = 1* | deliveries2 = 204 | wickets2 = 5 | bowl avg2 = 32.20 | fivefor2 = 0 | tenfor2 = 0 | best bowling2 = 2/21 | catches/stumpings2 = 0/– | column3 = FC | matches3 = 97 | runs3 = 2,823 | bat avg3 = 22.05 | 100s/50s3 = 3/12 | top score3 = 176 | deliveries3 = 19,659 | wickets3 = 343 | bowl avg3 = 28.32 | fivefor3 = 17 | tenfor3 = 2 | best bowling3 = 7/73 | catches/stumpings3 = 52/– | column4 = LA | matches4 = 171 | runs4 = 2,266 | bat avg4 = 20.60 | 100s/50s4 = 0/7 | top score4 = 87* | deliveries4 = 8,116 | wickets4 = 209 | bowl avg4 = 28.38 | fivefor4 = 0 | tenfor4 = 0 | best bowling4 = 5/34 | catches/stumpings4 = 59/– | date = 27 October | year = 2023 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/55883.html ESPNcricinfo | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's Cricket}} {{MedalCountry |{{BAN}} }} {{MedalCompetition|ACC Asia Cup}} {{Medal|RU|2012 Bangladesh|}} }}

'''Mohammad Elias Sunny''' ({{langx|bn|ইলিয়াস সানি}}, born 1 January 1986) is a Bangladeshi international cricketer. Sunny made his Test cricket debut in 2011 and has subsequently played both Test and limited overs cricket for the Bangladesh national team.

==Career== Sunny made his first-class cricket debut for Dhaka Division in the 2003/04 season and has since played for Chittagong Division. He had played for Bangladesh under-17s in 2002/03.<ref>{{cite web |title=Miscellaneous Matches played by Elias Sunny |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/62/62309/Miscellaneous_Matches.html |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=27 October 2023}}</ref>

Sunny made his international debut in the first Test against the West Indies at Chittagong on 21 October 2011.<ref name="debut">[http://www.espncricinfo.com/bangladesh-v-west-indies-2011/engine/current/match/531986.html Bangladesh vs West Indies] 1st Test. (# 2010) cricinfo. Retrieved 25 October 2011</ref> In the first innings he bowled 23 overs and took six wickets for 94 runs, finishing with match figures of 7/128.<ref name="debut"/>

He made his Twenty20 International debut at Belfast in Northern Ireland on 18 July 2012 against Ireland. He took 5/13 from his four overs, including a maiden to restrict the hosts to 119 runs.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/567071.html|title=1st T20I: Ireland v Bangladesh at Belfast, Jul 18, 2012 {{!}} Cricket Scorecard |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=4 March 2017}}</ref> He became the first bowler to take five wickets on T20I debut and won the Man of the Match award.<ref name="t20idebut">{{Cite news|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/momentum-one-day-cup-2014-15/content/records/283833.html|title=Records – Twenty20 Internationals – Best figures in an innings on debut |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=16 February 2017}}</ref> He is the only bowler to take five-wicket hauls on both Test and T20I debut.<ref name="t20idebut"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Records – Test matches – Best figures in a innings on debut |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/best-figures-in-a-innings-on-debut-283346 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=27 October 2023}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{cricinfo|id=55883}}

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