England will delay naming their team for Friday's second Test against India in Mohali until just before the toss.
"The surface is a bit different from the first Test. We want to see how it will turn out before deciding who will play," said skipper Kevin Pietersen.
Stuart Broad could be recalled to the attack in place of Monty Panesar and batsman Owais Shah could also start if the out-of-form Ian Bell is dropped.
India, meanwhile, are set to keep faith with struggling veteran Rahul Dravid.
Pietersen, whose team suffered a six-wicket defeat in Chennai, prefers to reveal his line-up a day in advance of matches.
But after training at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium on Thursday, he said: "There are a few things we're thinking about.
"There are guys who have come on this trip who are raring to go and wanting to play.
"The surface is a bit different from the first Test. We want to see how it will turn out before deciding who will play," said skipper Kevin Pietersen.
Stuart Broad could be recalled to the attack in place of Monty Panesar and batsman Owais Shah could also start if the out-of-form Ian Bell is dropped.
India, meanwhile, are set to keep faith with struggling veteran Rahul Dravid.
Pietersen, whose team suffered a six-wicket defeat in Chennai, prefers to reveal his line-up a day in advance of matches.
But after training at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium on Thursday, he said: "There are a few things we're thinking about.
"There are guys who have come on this trip who are raring to go and wanting to play.
"It's just about making a decision on who the best team is to try and win a Test match and try and play positive cricket.
"The lads are up for it and are raring to go. I thought the day after the Test would be a quiet day, but the boys are fine.
"The boys are really focused now on doing what they can and not focusing on what's happened in the past."
Dravid, nicknamed "The Wall", has been in dreadful form of late and scored just three and four in the first Test.
He was already under pressure after averaging a measly 17 in seven innings against Australia and has been dismissed many times playing awkwardly to deliveries pitched around off-stump.
It has been reported that Dravid is on the verge of retirement, but instead of dropping out of the side in Mohali, he could be moved down the order, although captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has hinted he will resist that temptation.
Dhoni said: "VVS (Laxman) could bat at number three and Dravid could come down to number five, but there is always a chance that if VVS gets a good ball and goes early then we could be three down and that would put extra pressure on Rahul.
"We are not worried about Rahul's form. No-one can question his talent - he just needs to get past the 30-run mark and get a start."
"The lads are up for it and are raring to go. I thought the day after the Test would be a quiet day, but the boys are fine.
"The boys are really focused now on doing what they can and not focusing on what's happened in the past."
Dravid, nicknamed "The Wall", has been in dreadful form of late and scored just three and four in the first Test.
He was already under pressure after averaging a measly 17 in seven innings against Australia and has been dismissed many times playing awkwardly to deliveries pitched around off-stump.
It has been reported that Dravid is on the verge of retirement, but instead of dropping out of the side in Mohali, he could be moved down the order, although captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has hinted he will resist that temptation.
Dhoni said: "VVS (Laxman) could bat at number three and Dravid could come down to number five, but there is always a chance that if VVS gets a good ball and goes early then we could be three down and that would put extra pressure on Rahul.
"We are not worried about Rahul's form. No-one can question his talent - he just needs to get past the 30-run mark and get a start."
England wicketkeeper Matt Prior insists the team can bounce back from their first Test heartbreak on Friday morning.
"To lose the first match was really tough," he told BBC Sport. "To play five days of intense cricket and lose was hugely deflating.
"But we must dust ourselves off and come back hard. India are a great side but we are confident we can do it.
"It would be massive if we could get on the plane home before Christmas having drawn a Test series in India.
"We will take a lot of positives out of the Chennai Test. We have learned a lot tactically - for one, reverse swing is clearly going to play a key part in this next Test - and also the way Paul Collingwood and, in particular, Andrew Strauss batted was hugely impressive.
"Now we can put the negatives to one side and all our focus and attention is on bouncing back and winning in Mohali."
Prior was another positive to come out of the match, scoring 53 not out and 33 with the bat and keeping wicket well on his return to Test cricket.
"To lose the first match was really tough," he told BBC Sport. "To play five days of intense cricket and lose was hugely deflating.
"But we must dust ourselves off and come back hard. India are a great side but we are confident we can do it.
"It would be massive if we could get on the plane home before Christmas having drawn a Test series in India.
"We will take a lot of positives out of the Chennai Test. We have learned a lot tactically - for one, reverse swing is clearly going to play a key part in this next Test - and also the way Paul Collingwood and, in particular, Andrew Strauss batted was hugely impressive.
"Now we can put the negatives to one side and all our focus and attention is on bouncing back and winning in Mohali."
Prior was another positive to come out of the match, scoring 53 not out and 33 with the bat and keeping wicket well on his return to Test cricket.
"On a personal level, I was quite happy with my performance with the bat and I thought I did well with the gloves on what was a tricky surface," he said.
"It's always a huge honour to play for England and after something of a rollercoaster start to my international career I'm determined to enjoy every moment I can, work as hard as I can and do as well as I can, and see what happens."
Meanwhile, both sides have vetoed proposals to employ floodlights in the case of bad light at the PCA Stadium, according to the Punjab Cricket Association.
Fog and bad light are a common feature at this time of year in Mohali, with good light rarely extending beyond 1600 local time during the day.
But Punjab Cricket Association secretary MP Pandove revealed: "We sent a proposal to the England and Wales Cricket Board and the Board of Control for Cricket in India for the use of floodlights in case of bad light.
"However, both the teams have agreed to natural playing conditions."
Pandove added that a proposal to start play 30 minutes earlier had also been rejected.
Mohali, where India clinched a record 320-run win over Australia in October, was chosen after original venue Mumbai was ruled out due to safety concerns in the aftermath of last month's attacks by extremists.
"It's always a huge honour to play for England and after something of a rollercoaster start to my international career I'm determined to enjoy every moment I can, work as hard as I can and do as well as I can, and see what happens."
Meanwhile, both sides have vetoed proposals to employ floodlights in the case of bad light at the PCA Stadium, according to the Punjab Cricket Association.
Fog and bad light are a common feature at this time of year in Mohali, with good light rarely extending beyond 1600 local time during the day.
But Punjab Cricket Association secretary MP Pandove revealed: "We sent a proposal to the England and Wales Cricket Board and the Board of Control for Cricket in India for the use of floodlights in case of bad light.
"However, both the teams have agreed to natural playing conditions."
Pandove added that a proposal to start play 30 minutes earlier had also been rejected.
Mohali, where India clinched a record 320-run win over Australia in October, was chosen after original venue Mumbai was ruled out due to safety concerns in the aftermath of last month's attacks by extremists.
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