Asia Cup 2018: 5 factors that can impact team India's performance

#2 Here comes the Knuckleball King

How will Bhuvi change things for India?

Bhuvneshwar Kumar was first noticed when he dismissed Mohammed Hafeez off the very first delivery which swung from outside off almost taking the middle stump. What followed soon was Team India having found their swing specialist with the sporadic yet splendid knuckleballs.

Kumar has taken 90 wickets in ODI's so far and is a shy 10 wickets away before he reaches the milestone three-figure mark. Bhuvneshwar Kumar will be looking forward to bowling against his favourites Sri Lanka and Pakistan against whom he has picked up 16 and 11 wickets respectively.

In the recently concluded England tour, Kumar was quite expensive with his spells in the T20I edition and played only one ODI before sighting a lower back injury. The question is could this injury hamper Kumar's strength of combining swing bowling along with the speed he can generate?

However, after rehabilitation, Bhuvneshwar Kumar showed signs of absolute recovery by scalping a 3/33 against South Africa A earning a spot in the Indian squad.