Mohammad Elias Sunny (Bengali: ইলিয়াস সানি, born 2 August 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.

Elias Sunny
Personal information
Full name
Mohammad Elias Sunny
Born (1986-08-02) 2 August 1986 (age 38)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 60)21 October 2011 v West Indies
Last Test8 March 2013 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 101)3 December 2011 v Pakistan
Last ODI8 December 2012 v West Indies
ODI shirt no.19
T20I debut (cap 31)18 July 2012 v Ireland
Last T20I21 September 2012 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2009/10Khulna Division
2004/05–2009/10Chittagong Division
2003/04–2010/11Dhaka Division
2011–2019/20Dhaka Metropolis
2013Barisal Burners
2013/14–2021Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 4 4 97 171
Runs scored 38 2 2,823 2,266
Batting average 7.60 1.00 22.05 20.60
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 3/12 0/7
Top score 20* 1* 176 87*
Balls bowled 863 204 19,659 8,116
Wickets 12 5 343 209
Bowling average 43.16 32.20 28.32 28.38
5 wickets in innings 1 0 17 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 2 0
Best bowling 6/94 2/21 7/73 5/34
Catches/stumpings 1/– 0/– 52/– 59/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 27 October 2023

Career

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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.[1]

Sunny made his international debut in the first Test against the West Indies at Chittagong on 21 October 2011.[2] In the first innings he bowled 23 overs and took six wickets for 94 runs, finishing with match figures of 7/128.[2]

He made his Twenty20 International debut at Belfast in Northern Ireland in July 2012 against Ireland. He took 5/13 from his four overs, including a maiden to restrict the hosts to 119 runs.[3] He became the first bowler to take five wickets on T20I debut and won the Man of the Match award.[4] He is also the only bowler to take five wicket hauls on both Test and T20I debut.[4][5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Miscellaneous Matches played by Elias Sunny". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  2. ^ a b Bangladesh vs West Indies 1st Test. (# 2010) cricinfo. Retrieved 25 October 2011
  3. ^ "1st T20I: Ireland v Bangladesh at Belfast, Jul 18, 2012 | Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Records – Twenty20 Internationals – Best figures in an innings on debut". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  5. ^ "Records – Test matches – Best figures in a innings on debut". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
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