Elias Sunny is a Bangladeshi international cricketer. He born 2 August 1986. Sunny made his Test cricket debut in 2011 and has subsequently played both Test and limited overs cricket played for the Bangladesh national team.
Originally from Chittagong but raised in Dhaka, Sunny has benefited from being a part of Dhaka’s club cricket. After impressing enough to win a first-class place in the Dhaka divisional side in 2003-04, he slowly became a dependable name in Dhaka’s Premier League as well as being a key performer for Dhaka and Chittagong. Though he usually bats in the lower order, Sunny has opened for Chittagong on many occasions and has also racked up first-class centuries.Consistently good performances at the domestic level earned him his Test debut in October 2011 against West Indies. In the first innings, he took 6-94 (the second-best figures by a Bangladeshi on Test debut) and finished with match figures of 7-128. A couple of months later, he made his ODI debut against Pakistan and took just one wicket in that game.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. He became the first bowler to take five wickets on T20I debut and won the Man of the Match award. As of April 2018 he has the best bowling figures on T20I debut. Elias Sunny is also the only bowler to take five wicket hauls on both Test and T20I debut. He made his T20I debut in July 2012 against Ireland and took 5/13 from his 4 overs, including a maiden to restrict the hosts to 119/8 and thus result in a solid 71-run win. He won the Man of the Match award for that game and registered the best figures on a T20I debut.
However, injury concerns and inconsistent form has prevented him from becoming an integral part of the national side.