Tinu Yohannan

Tinu Yohannan

India

Full name Tinu Yohannan
Born February 18, 1979, Quilon (now Kollam), Kerala
Current age 28 years 10 days
Major teams India, Kerala
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast

Statsguru

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	3	4	4	13	8*	-	30	43.33	0	0	1	0	1	0
ODIs	3	2	2	7	5*	-	11	63.63	0	0	0	0	0	0
First-class	45	54	23	380	43	12.25			0	0			20	0
List A	40	24	13	70	11*	6.36			0	0			11	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
Tests	3	486	256	5	2/56	4/131	51.20	3.16	97.20	0	0	0
ODIs	3	120	122	5	3/33	3/33	24.40	6.10	24.00	0	0	0
First-class	45	7365	3803	101	6/61		37.65	3.09	72.92		3	0
List A	40	2056	1606	58	3/22	3/22	27.68	4.68	35.44	0	0	0

Career statistics
Test debut	India v England at Mohali - Dec 3-6, 2001
Last Test	New Zealand v India at Hamilton - Dec 19-22, 2002
ODI debut	West Indies v India at Bridgetown - May 29, 2002
Last ODI	India v Sri Lanka at Bristol - Jul 11, 2002
First-class span	1999/00 - 2006/07
List A span	1999/00 - 2005/06

Profile

Tinu Yohannan is a product of the MRF Pace Academy. The son of a former Asian Games record-holder in long jump, Yohannan initially took up athletics, following in the footsteps of his illustrious father. He preferred the high jump, however, and won gold and silver at the state junior level. A visit to the MRF Pace Academy in 1997, after seeing a newspaper ad, and four years of training under Dennis Lillee and TA Sekhar, played a major role in helping him break into the Indian Test squad for the home series against England. He has played an odd Test here and there since, but is yet to claim a permanent slot in the Indian eleven. With Javagal Srinath having announced his retirement from Test cricket, the tour of England, then, offers Yohannan his great opportunity of cementing his place in the Indian bowling line-up.

Yohannan made his Ranji Trophy debut in the 1999-2000 season against Goa and has, at the time of writing, only played a handful of domestic matches. This tall fast bowler from Kochi knows only one mantra - working hard at improving himself. He made his Test debut against England at Mohali and immediately made an impression by dismissing their opening batsmen in both innings. This soft-spoken gentle giant has all the right qualities to make a name for himself in this game. Yohannan swears that whatever he knows about fast bowling has been passed on to him by the legend himself, Dennis Lillee. If Yohannan can reproduce what he has learnt from the great Aussie, you can rest assured that India will be well-served in the years to come.