Tinu Yohannan

Tinu Yohannan
Personal information
Born (1979-02-18) 18 February 1979
Kollam, Kerala, India
Height192 cm (6 ft 4 in)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
RoleBowler
RelationsT. C. Yohannan (father)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 242)3 December 2001 v England
Last Test19 December 2002 v New Zealand
ODI debut (cap 145)29 May 2002 v West Indies
Last ODI11 July 2002 v Sri Lanka
ODI shirt no.24
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1999 – 2008Kerala
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs FC LA
Matches 3 3 59 45
Runs scored 13 7 524 93
Batting average 11.64 7.75
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 8* 5* 43 13*
Balls bowled 486 120 9,404 2,302
Wickets 5 5 145 63
Bowling average 51.20 24.39 33.57 28.73
5 wickets in innings 0 0 6 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 2/56 3/33 6/61 3/22
Catches/stumpings 1/– 0/– 28/– 11/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 4 February 2006

Tinu Yohannan pronunciation (born 18 February 1979) is a former Indian cricketer. He is a right-arm medium-fast bowler. He played first-class cricket for Kerala and was the first Kerala player to play Test and one-day cricket for India. He is the current coach of Kerala cricket team.

A tall athlete, Yohannan was selected in 2000 for the first intake of the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore. This was after he underwent a training session with the MRF Pace Foundation. He made his Test debut in December 2001, in the home series against England. At the first Test, in Mohali, he dismissed both the English openers. He got his first Test wicket off the fourth ball of his very first over. Though his start was brilliant, he could not carry on with the Indian team due to a form slump. He played 3 Test matches and an equal number of ODIs. His Test bowling average is 51 runs for a wicket.

Tinu is the son of T. C. Yohannan, a long jumper who held the national record for nearly 3 decades and represented India in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

He signed for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 2009 edition of the Indian Premier League.