As a result of concerns about the patchy, sand-based outfield, England have barely trained on it before the match.

Jonathan Trott said spinner Mujeeb ur Rahman was lucky to escape serious injury after his knee dug into the ground during a match on Saturday.

Fielders will have to be smart and careful, which isn’t something you want to do when playing for your country,” Buttler told Sport.

“You should dive around and save every single run.”

The surface was inspected by tournament officials on Sunday, and match referee Javagal Srinath is understood to have no concerns about it.

Due to the outfield, a Test between Australia and India was rescheduled for March. Prior to that game, the entire area was repaved to improve drainage.

According to Buttler, the powers that be are comfortable with the game going ahead, so…

If you tell players not to dive and stuff, does that really question the integrity of the game, since that’s what you want to be able to do.

“The worst-case scenario would be if something bad happened, but fingers crossed it doesn’t happen for both teams.”

As defending champions, England are playing a crucial match following their heavy defeat by New Zealand in the opening match of the tournament.

In the 10-team group stage, they are at the bottom of the table.