Peter Moores has urged England to learn the lessons from their early tour "wake-up call" and deliver a major performance when the one-day international series against India begins on Friday.

The England coach was as stunned as the rest of the squad by yesterday's humiliating defeat by a Mumbai XI comprising a team of club professionals, who dismissed the tourists for a lowly 98 in only 25 overs.

It was a desperate display only three days before they lock horns with India, whose spirits have never been higher following their crushing 2-0 Test series victory over Australia, in the opener to the seven-match series in Rajkot.

England had an impromptu practice session immediately after their demise and will be put through their paces again on Thursday in Rajkot, when Moores will underline the importance of using the experience to their advantage.

"It has to be taken as a wake-up call," said Moores. "I have no problems at all with the physical effort the lads are putting in and the way we're training.

"What you take from that is that it is a clear indicator that mentally we weren't sharp enough or ready. To get bowled out for 98 is not good enough but it's a mental thing, it's not an effort thing.

"Our skills are good and the thing you need to get right is to be mentally on the right page when it comes to Friday.

"That battle hardening comes from playing competitive cricket and we haven't played a lot so people have got to get their heads right now to be ready to go for Friday."

Captain Kevin Pietersen shrugged off the humiliation in the immediate aftermath of the defeat, but Moores is intent on using the embarrassing experience to help their preparations for the series.

He explained: "Maybe there was an assumption that somebody would get a partnership and we'd go on and do it and it didn't happen. The lesson there is that we should take nothing for granted.

"Batting is one of those things where you take your eye off the ball for a second and you can get exposed, and that's a key lesson for anybody.

"What happened maybe will be the key that will get everybody thinking. We've been here in Mumbai in a beautiful hotel and everything has been nice and relaxed while India have been playing Australia and now I hope what happened on Tuesday would make them realise this is real.

"We're now going to Rajkot and it's time mentally for them to get themselves in the right place. The nice thing about your mind is that you can switch yourself over pretty quick providing you're physically in the right shape and you're playing well.

"The game is designed so that if you don't totally respect it at any stage then it's going to bite you. Batting is a very fragile thing, make one mistake and you're done and lose two or three quick wickets and you put yourself under pressure."

For all England's confidence they can bounce back, however, the fact remains several key members of their side will enter Friday's showdown desperately short of batting practice.

Captain Pietersen has faced only 23 balls in his two Indian innings, Paul Collingwood only 37 and opener Matt Prior has just 24 balls out in the middle in the build-up to the start of the one-day series.

Luke Wright and Ravi Bopara, who are fighting for one place in the middle order, have also just one short innings under their belts, but Moores insists there is no cause for concern.

"It's not a massive concern because they think they're playing well and it's happened before and it's not affected how they've played," he explained.

"The captain, for instance, has always been a big-match player, he's hitting it very well and I don't expect it to make much difference to how he plays and how he feels about going to play.

"In an ideal world, everyone would have had time in the middle, everyone is feeling great but it doesn't always happen like that.

"The key issue is for me, as a team, we are confident in how we're going to play our cricket and I don't think that is affected by Tuesday at all."

England have already ruled out left-arm seamer Ryan Sidebottom from their selection plans, although he will continue his recovery by bowling in the nets at Rajkot tomorrow.

Nottinghamshire seamer Stuart Broad is facing a fitness test at the same practice session after having an injection in his right knee having jarred it during Sunday's opening warm-up match, although he is expected to be fit for selection.