Will Ishwar Pandey's 3 wickets haul make Dhoni rethink on his pacer's combination?

New Delhi: With Indian pacers at the receiving end in the just concluded ODI series against new Zealand which India lost 0-4, new face Ishwar Pandey's three wickets haul in a warm match against New Zealand XI, might give Dhoni the kind of option he was looking for pace attack in the test.Ishwar Pandey was the highest wicket taker in Ranji Trophy's 2012-13 season.Dhoni did not hide his displeasure after Indian pacers proved toothless in the ODI series. He went on to say that Indian bowlers wayward and did not use the pitch conditions.So, meet Madhya Pradesh's team bowling spearhead Ishwar Pandey.Ishwar Chand Pandey, who hails from Rewa, Madhya Pradesh is a medium pacer who bowls in the mid-130s but tall by Indian standards, he uses his height to get good bounce even from a good length.He has played for India A Team against South Africa A in the later's soil. In August 2013, playing for India A, Pandey had figures of 4/46 and 3/25 in the first unofficial test at Rustenburg against South Africa A as a result India A registered an innings victory.In the second unofficial test which South Africa A won, he had figures of 3/67 and 1/16. He finished as the joint highest wicket-taker of the series.Ishwar Pandey debuted for Madhya Pradesh against Goa in November 2010. He played three matches in that season's Ranji Trophy, taking 9 wickets at an average of 27. In the 2011/12 season of Ranji Trophy, Pandey picked 25 wickets from six games at an average of 29 and a best of 6/31.In the following Ranji season, Pandey topped the wicket-takers' list with 48 wickets from eight matches, averaging just over 21, with 5 five-wicket hauls and a ten-wicket haul.In a match against Bengal in that season, Pandey single-handedly took Madhya Pradesh to an improbable win with figures of 5/87 and 5/58.Following to his performance against Bengal, he was selected for the India A squad to play the touring England team, and the Rest of India squad against Mumbai for the 2013 Irani Cup. He was signed up by Pune Warriors for the 2013 season of the Indian Premier League.