Yohannan swears that whatever he knows about fast bowling has been passed on to him by the legend himself, Dennis Lillee. He preferred the high jump, however, and won gold and silver at the state junior level. Kochi: Former Indian pacer Tinu Yohannan has been appointed the new coach of Kerala’s Ranji Trophy cricket team.Tinu is replacing Dav Whatmore, who has been with the team for the last three years. 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. Yohannan will replace Dav Whatmore, who resigned after the 2019-20 season. “Sreesanth will be considered for this year’s Ranji Trophy. They can also work on their individual game in this period," was quoted as saying by Onmanorama. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- He made his debut against England on home soil in 2001. 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. Prior to the latest appointment, he was the bowling coach of the Kerala side.Kerala have been relegated to the Group C, having managed only one win from 8 matches in the previous season. The HPC aims to develop and nurture players following the model of the national cricket academy.Tinu is the first Malayalee to play for India in a test match. NETWORK 18 SITES Tinu Yohannan. The HPC aims to develop and nurture players following the model of the national cricket academy. The Kollam native represented Kerala between 1999 and 2008. A former student at Dennis Lillee's fast bowling academy in India, Yohannan may have an important role to play in England following Javagal Srinath's decision to quit Test cricket.
Tinu is the first Malayalee to play for India in a test match. The newly-appointed Kerala bowling coach, Tinu Yohannan clarified that Sreesanth will have to prove his fitness and will undergo a test to be considered for selection for the upcoming Ranji Trophy season. He has played 59 first-class matches picking 145 wickets. Tinu Yohannan, the former Kerala pacer, has been appointed the state's Ranji Trophy side coach. Yohannan took up the long jump but the lure of cricket was too strong - his boyhood heroes were Curtly Ambrose and Allan Donald - and he soon made rapid strides in junior cricket. "There is uncertainty about the upcoming season due to the situation surrounding COVID-19, but Yohannan said the players have been asked to be ready. He was born in 1979 in Kollam, Kerala. At present, Tinu Yohannan is the director of the High Performance Centre (HPC) set up by the Kerala Cricket Academy (KCA). He played 3 Tests and 3 ODIs for India. He has taken 5 wickets each in both tests and ODIs.Tinu played for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 2009 edition of the Indian Premier League.
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He dismissed openers Mark Butcher and Marcus Trescothick in both innings as India won by 10 wickets, but failed to take a wicket in the second game at Ahmedabad and lost his place in the side. Yohannan is viewed as a real pace bowling prospect by the Indian selectors, who picked him to face England in the first Test at Mohali last December with just eight first-class matches behind him. He represented India in three tests and three ODIs. 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. The Kerala Cricket Association (KCA) have named Tinu Yohannan as the coach of Kerala. No stranger to players 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.
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