Flower wants England to come out firing

England need victory at Lord's over the reigning holders if they are to avoid being dismissed from the competition following Thursday's seven wickets defeat by South Africa at Trent Bridge, when they were dismissed for their lowest ever Twenty20 international score of 111.

"India are a very good side and we respect them tremendously but we aren't fearful of them," said England coach Flower. "We'll play an attacking brand of Twenty20 cricket when we face them."

He added: "We're definitely not going to win this tournament by playing conservative cricket and there's a blend of attack and good decision-making that you've got to find.

"It's not just crash, bang, wallop all the time, there is a lot of thought that goes into that crash, bang, wallop and there is a skill to playing the right shot at the right time."

England struggled to find that right blend against South Africa, when they lost five wickets for 14 runs in 20 balls at one point, and may consider making changes for their must-win encounter with India's star-studded line-up.

Essex all-rounder Graham Napier, one of the few England players with Indian Premier League experience, could come into contention despite not featuring in either of England's warm-up matches or their three matches in the tournament.

But England are unlikely to veer away from their trusted formation too greatly and are expected to continue with their policy of playing both leg-spinner Adil Rashid and off-spinner Graeme Swann to try and exploit the worn pitches.

"If we'd have had a score of 140 on the board (against South Africa) with that type of bowling I think we could have put them under some sort of pressure," said Flower.

"(Stuart) Broad especially was good with the ball again as were the two spinners. Adil Rashid, our youngster, I thought bowled with a lot of skill and Swann is obviously a more proven performer and did what we know he can do."