Tinu Yohannan
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Tinu Yohannan is an Indian
Indian cricket team
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 cricketer. He is a right-handed fast medium bowler. He plays first class cricket for Kerala
Kerala cricket team
The Kerala cricket team is a domestic cricket team based in the Indian state of Kerala. It is in the Plate Group of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first class cricket tournament in India. Kerala has produced two Indian test cricketers, Tinu Yohannan and Shanthakumaran Sreesanth...

. He is the first Kerala Ranji
Ranji Trophy
The Ranji Trophy is a domestic first-class cricket championship played in India between different city and state sides, equivalent to the County Championship in England and the Sheffield Shield in Australia...

 player to play Test
Test cricket
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 and one day cricket for India.

Yohannan was selected in 2000 for the first intake of the National Cricket Academy
National Cricket Academy
The National Cricket Academy located in Chinnaswamy Stadium Bangalore, Karnataka in India, established in 2000 is a cricket facility of the Board of Control for Cricket in India for training young cricketers who are identified as having the potential to represent the Indian cricket team...

 in Bangalore
Bangalore
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. 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. The first Test was played in Mohali, and he dismissed both the English openers. He got his first Test wicket in 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 ODI's. His Test bowling average is 51 runs for a wicket.

Tinu is the son of T. C. Yohannan
T. C. Yohannan
Thadathuvila Chandapillai Yohannan , better known as T. C. Yohannan, is a former Indian long jumper who held the national record in long jump for nearly 3 decades and represented India in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. He hails from the state of Kerala...

, a long jumper who held the national record for nearly 3 decades and represented India in the 1976 Summer Olympics
1976 Summer Olympics
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 in Montreal
Montreal
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, Canada
Canada
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He played for Royal Challengers Bangalore
Royal Challengers Bangalore
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 in the 2009 edition of the Indian Premier League
Indian Premier League
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