Of the current 18-member Indi­an squad, only MS Dhoni, Gautam Gambhir and Ishant Sharma have played a Test match in England but Fletcher feels the lack of expe­rience might inspire India to play “exciting” cricket .

“Without making excuses, it is a very, very inexperienced side. If you look at how many Tests have our opening batters played, how many Tests has our No3 has played, how many Tests have our bowl­ers bowled,” Fletcher said ahead of Indian’s first tour match against Leicestershire.

“But it is nice because being un­predictable, they will play some exciting cricket. There are some very, very exciting cricketers in this group who would go on to be very, very good players for India. They might fire from this series.”

India captain Dhoni said his play­ers have played some form of crick­et in England, which should help them in the series.

“The good thing is a lot of them have played some kind of cricket in England. There are quite a few who were part of the Champions Tro­phy side. There are a few who have played in England in other leagues, not just the counties, under-age cricket, maybe the Under-19s. All that really helps but it will be im­portant for those players who have not played too many games to get used to the conditions quickly.”