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{{Short description|Former Indian basketball team captain}}
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'''Cheruthottil Varghese Sunny''' (born 21 May 1967)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=R |first=Gopalakrishnan |date=2015-04-20 |title=A Sunny take on Indian Basketball |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/basketball/a-sunny-take-on-indian-basketball |access-date=2025-02-24 |website=www.sportskeeda.com |language=en-us}}</ref> is a former Indian basketball player from [[Kerala]]. He played for the [[India men's national basketball team]] as a point guard. He captained the Indian team and also played for [[Indian Bank]] and Kerala in the domestic tournaments.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-08-05 |title=Former hoopsters rekindle memories of the past |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/2018/Aug/05/former-hoopsters-rekindle-memories-of-the-past-1853380.html |access-date=2025-02-24 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Sunny was born in Pala, [[Kottayam district]] into a middle-class family. He has five siblings, two elder sisters, two younger sisters and one younger brother. He started with badminton and football in school but soon took up basketball after watching his seniors practise. He did his schooling at St. Thomas High School, Pala and his physical director VC Joseph was his first coach. He was employed at Indian Bank, Chennai.

== Playing career ==
Sunny was the captain of the Kerala state team which won the gold in the Junior National Championship in 1986. Based on his performance, he was called for the senior Indian camp after the Junior Nationals. He made his senior India debut in 1986. He was part of the Indian team that won the gold medal at the [[South Asian Games]] in 1991 at Colombo, Sri Lanka, and then he captained the Indian team at home, to a gold at the SAF games, Chennai in 1995<ref>{{Cite news |date=2015-08-05 |title=Veteran sees sunny days ahead for basketball |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Tiruchirapalli/veteran-sees-sunny-days-ahead-for-basketball/article7505555.ece |access-date=2025-02-24 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> and retired from international career. He played the domestic events till 2008.<ref name=":0" /> Along with C Jayashankar Menon, he helped Indian Bank win five Federation Cup titles in 1990s.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2013-12-14 |title='The crowd would give the winning team a treat' |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/the-crowd-would-give-the-winning-team-a-treat/articleshow/27326908.cms |access-date=2025-02-24 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

== Coaching career ==
Sunny started his coaching career taking up small assignments with [[Loyola College, Chennai|Loyola College]], Chennai and [[Hindustan College of Engineering]]. Later, he coached the [[Jeppiaar Institute of Technology]] basketball team which became the top team in South India from 2009 to 2011. He is a FIBA level 3 coach. In 2014, he started a basketball academy and conducts regular coaching camps and clinics.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=migrator |date=2017-04-15 |title=Sunny camp shows the way |url=https://www.dtnext.in/sports/2017/04/16/sunny-camp-shows-the-way |access-date=2025-02-24 |website=www.dtnext.in |language=en}}</ref> In 2017, he was briefly the head coach of the Indian team. In 2015, he coached the Tamil Nadu men's senior basketball team that won the silver medal at the [[National Games of India|National Games]] in Kannur.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=R |first=Gopalakrishnan |date=2015-04-01 |title=Game changing basketball camp set to be launched in Chennai by ex-India captain CV Sunny |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/basketball/game-changing-basketball-camp-set-to-be-launched-in-chennai-cv-sunny |access-date=2025-02-24 |website=www.sportskeeda.com |language=en-us}}</ref> In 2024, he was also the head coach for Tamil Nadu in the [[FIBA West Asia Super League]] at Qatar. He coached the men's Tamil Nadu team that won the silver at the 2025 National Games and gold at the 74th National basketball championship.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-01-12 |title=Tamil Nadu men, Railway women retain National basketball titles |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/basketball/article69092554.ece |access-date=2025-02-24 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Rayan |first=Stan |date=2025-02-02 |title=Punjab men and Tamil Nadu women triumph in basketball |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/national-games/article69172570.ece |access-date=2025-02-24 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Rayan |first=Stan |date=2025-01-28 |title=National champion TN suffers a few jitters on slippery court |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/national-champion-tn-suffers-a-few-jitters-on-slippery-court/article69151263.ece |access-date=2025-02-24 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

=== Awards ===

* Sunny received the [[G. V. Raja Award|G. V. Raja]] award in 1996.<ref name=":1" />

== References ==
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1967 births]]
[[Category:Indian men's basketball players]]
[[Category:Basketball players from Kerala]]
[[Category:Point guards]]

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