ICC 2016 World T20: Eoin Morgan backs England to succeed in India

Captain Eoin Morgan believes England's lack of experience in sub-continent conditions could prove to be an advantage at the ICC World Twenty20 in India.

The Middlesex and Sunrisers Hyderabad batsman is the only player in England's 15-man squad to have played T20 cricket in the Indian Premier League.

Meanwhile, several of England's squad are yet to play a single match in India.

Twelve of Morgan's team-mates have less than 15 caps in the format but the England captain thinks that this "naivety" could work in his side's favour.

"It's a different challenge. Not only have a lot of our guys never played in the IPL, a lot of our guys have never been to India before," Morgan said ahead of Saturday's warm-up match against New Zealand.

"But I think sometimes having that experience - particularly in India where a lot of teams come here, including us, and get hammered - can almost scar your perceptions and [affect your] play in the tournament.

"Having a little bit of naivety along with a huge amount of talent isn't a bad thing."

England head coach Trevor Bayliss has retained just six players from the squad that crashed out at the group stage of last year's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.

Bayliss' new-look limited overs side has performed well since and, despite slipping to a 2-0 T20 series defeat to South Africa last month, Morgan remains positive.

"I'm reasonably confident about things," Morgan said.

"Before the South Africa series we had a really good run of things. We've seen in the group we have a lot of talent and a lot of match-winners.

"It didn't necessarily happen in South Africa and one of the things after that trip that we talked about was, 'Are we still playing in the right way? Are we being beaten in the right manner, doing the things we said we'd do?' And I think we are.

"The attitude in the group is still of a really positive mind-set and that's very important coming into this tournament.

"I would say we're the most expressive we've been for a long time. We've a lot of talent and we encourage our players to go out and be as brash and aggressive as they can and take the game to the opposition."

England have traditionally struggled against sub-continent teams at limited overs tournaments and lost to Sri Lanka and Bangladesh at last year's World Cup.

Morgan featured in both losses, scoring a duck against Bangladesh, but the 29 year-old Dubliner says he is now using those defeats as motivation at this year's tournament.

"It will always be there, that World Cup," he said.

"Going through such a significant loss and such a down period in your career really does make you enjoy any success you have down the line.

"It's been quite a significant factor in the turnaround we've had, the different attitudes, the different group of players and to a certain extent the results we've had.

"Not necessarily just that day against Bangladesh, but as a whole trip. It was a huge learning curve for me, particularly as a captain."

England face the West Indies at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on March 16 in their opening match of Group One. 

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