England want to 'throw first punch' against India - Mott

England coach Matthew Mott says it is clip for his broadside to "throw nan first punch" against India successful their T20 World Cup semi-final.

The defending champions struggled done nan group stage, only progressing connected nett run-rate astatine nan disbursal of Scotland.

They came done their Super 8s excavation successful 2nd down South Africa and now look unbeaten India successful Guyana connected Thursday astatine 15:30 BST.

"We haven't rather clicked arsenic a full portion yet," said Mott.

"Bits and pieces person worked astatine different times but our 'A-game' is surely capable to lucifer pinch India."

India person eased done nan tournament, impressively beating Australia by 24 runs connected Monday to apical their Super 8s group.

England were beaten by Australia successful nan first group shape and besides mislaid to South Africa successful nan Super 8s.

After their first lucifer against Scotland was washed out, they needed dense victories against Oman and Namibia to debar an early exit.

"We've had to play immoderate disfigured cricket astatine times," added Mott. "But from present connected successful it's clip to beryllium nan frontrunners.

"It's clip to much aliases little propulsion nan first punch astatine India and past effort to get our chemoreceptor successful beforehand and ne'er springiness it back."

Much of nan chat earlier nan semi-final has been astir nan deficiency of a reserve day.

There is rainfall forecast for Thursday and, though location is nary other time imaginable arsenic is nan lawsuit for nan semi-final betwixt South Africa and Afghanistan successful Trinidad, location are still 250 minutes of other clip imaginable to fresh successful a match.

If nary consequence is imaginable India will progress, arsenic they won their Super 8s group.

Mott said successful an "ideal world" location would beryllium a reserve time and it is thing nan International Cricket Council "need to look astatine agelong term".

There has also been criticism, external of nan truth India's semi-final venue, should they qualify, was predetermined, whereas different sides had to hold for their way to beryllium confirmed, but Mott played down nan value of nan second issue.

“We were rather alert location was each chance that we'd beryllium present successful Guyana,” he said.

“We've had to conflict our measurement done this tourney and it's thing that's galvanised america arsenic a group and will clasp america successful really bully stead for cut-throat matches.”

A aboveground suiting spinners is expected astatine Providence Stadium, which could thief India, whose squad includes 4 spinners and batters who grew up connected debased surfaces.

England person uncapped left-arm spinner Tom Hartley successful their squad, who could travel into contention for a debut.

But Australian Mott, who was speaking earlier England's training and anterior to seeing nan pitch, said he does not expect "drastic changes".

The lucifer is simply a repetition of nan semi-final of nan past T20 World Cup successful Australia, wherever a superb England thrashed India by 10 wickets successful Adelaide en way to winning nan title.

Mott said India, who timidly posted 168-6 that nighttime earlier England chased nan target successful 16 overs, are a much fierce broadside this year.

"We're not looking backmost astatine each pinch this group," he added. "One of its large mantras is staying present.

"They are a different team, too, than erstwhile we took them on."