He recorded his best match figures of 10 for 152 against Kerala in the 1995-96 Ranji Trophy season. This brought him into national reckoning and he made his debut against Australia in the one-off Test at the Feroz Shah Kotla in 1996. India were without Javagal Srinath, having sustained an injury, and Johnson was drafted into the squad. _He_bowled in tandem with his Karnataka team-mate Venkatesh Prasad and picked up the wicket of Michael Slater in the second innings. <sep>, Pronoun: He <sep>, A: Javagal Srinath <sep>, B: Johnson