The Uttar Pradesh medium pacer, who turned 23 on February 5, was impressive during his one-day international debut against Pakistan and the recent England ODI series. Till yesterday afternoon, it looked like Ashok Dinda would be the second pacer to accompany Ishant Sharma.u00a0

But later in the evening, a team source informed MiD DAY that Bhuvneshwar would get the nod ahead of Dinda. “Bhuvi is an unknown commodity and swings the ball well. If he can get early breakthroughs, India will be in driver’s seat,” he said.