India will look to put behind the humiliation of losing the Test series to England and regroup quickly when they take on the tourists in the first of two T20 Internationals in Pune on Thursday.

Under-fire after the first Test series loss to England in 28 years, and with his captaincy under the scanner, skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni will have to put these issues on the back burner and motivate his team-mates for the shortest format of the game.

To the home team's advantage, a younger lot of players -- some of who were not part of the Test series, like flamboyant all-rounder Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma and Ambati Rayudu - will give India the much-needed edge and enthusiasm.

England will also feature a completely different team from the one seen in the four-match Test series. Eoin Morgan will lead the England T20 team after regular captain Stuart Broad was ruled due to injury, while hard hitting batsman Kevin Pietersen is also not part of the squad.

England have included T20 specialists like Alex Hales, Jos Butler, Jade Dernbach, James Tredwell, Michael Lumb, Luke Wright and Danny Briggs - some of who have been part of the development squad which played a few matches in Navi Mumbai when the Test matches were on.

The match will begin at 1900 IST.