England [Images] captain Michael Vaughan [Images] will take a decision on his fitness two days before the first Test in Nagpur.

"We will test it on Monday and make a decision after the training session," Vaughan told reporters on Saturday.

Vaughan sat out a three-day tour match, which the visitors lost by eight wickets on Saturday, because of a recurrence of a knee problem.

The 31-year-old batsman said he was still struggling with the injury.

"I had an injection on Wednesday night, tested it at nets yesterday and am going to monitor it over the next 48 hours."

Vaughan missed the first Test in Pakistan last year because of the injury. He played the remaining two Tests, but missed the one-day series to return home for surgery.

Problems for the injury-hit England team were compounded with Marcus Trescothick [Images] returning home for personal reasons, details of which were not released.

"It is not an ideal start, an ideal preparation for the Test match, obviously to lose this game," Vaughan said.

"And then to lose a good player (Trescothick). In the last 12 months he has probably been our best batsman."

Apart from Vaughan, all rounder Paul Collingwood [Images] (back injury) and fast bowler Simon Jones (virus) did not play against the President's XI. A sore back forced batsman Kevin Pietersen [Images] to retire hurt and fast bowler Liam Plunkett suffered a bruised heel.

Opener Alastair Cook [Images] and seamer James Anderson will be joining the squad on Sunday and coach Duncan Fletcher said the team management has called for a replacement for Trescothick.