New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) India vice-captain Virender Sehwag said the early appointment of Duncan Fletcher as the India cricket coach will help the team prepare well for the forthcoming series in England.

"It's good for India. It's a good thing that the board has found a replacement in quick time. It will obviously help the players and the new coach to settle down early. He (Fletcher) will get enough time to do home work before our series against England starts," said the opening batsman.

"Now that he is in charge of the team, we will have an early camp and it will help us to prepare better," he said.

Asked if he had any interaction with the former England coach in the past, Sehwag said: "No, I don't know him."

Fletcher, a former Zimbabwe captain, who guided the England cricket team to a historic Ashes triumph in 2005, will join the team only after the tour of the West Indies due to prior commitments. Bowling coach Eric Simons will be the interim coach in the Caribbean.

Gautam Gambhir, however, declined to comment about Fletcher's appointment saying he was not even thinking about the new coach right now.

"Right now, my concentration and focus is totally on the IPL. I am not thinking about all these things. I will only think about all this once the IPL ends," he said.