Former England Test skipper Joe Root feels the experience of playing in India will be helpful when his team starts its campaign to defend the 50-over World Cup in October-November this year.
England won the World Cup on home soil in 2019 and Root believes their success in Indian conditions will depend on how well they play spin.
"It's (World Cup) a great opportunity, great chance, we have not experienced it before. To defend our world title is
going be a great chance for us," Root said.
"I think guys have spent a lot of time in India and understand those conditions well. It will depend on how we play spin consistently; how we can play in the limited number of 50-over games we have before the World Cup," said Root, who averages more than 50 (6,207 runs in 158 ODIs) so far.
Root, however, is not part of the team that is travelling to South Africa for a three- match ODI series.
Root's form in ODIs hasn't been that good compared to his Test exploits. Since the 2019 World Cup, he has not hit a
century and has averaged less than 30.