Eoin Morgan's England secured the title by defeating defending champions West Indies by six wickets in the first match of the T20 World Cup on Saturday.
Batting fireworks were expected at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in a repeat of the 2016 final but England unilaterally dropped their bowlers at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
Moin Ali (2-17) smashed the West Indies top order as Adil Rashid beat the Caribbean team by 55 runs in 15 overs to run through the rest of the line-up.
England, bidding to be the first team to retain the 20-over and 50-over World Cup titles at the same time, started their Super 12 campaign by chasing the target in 8.2 overs.
The Morgans lost four wickets to chase after their own batting disaster but their victory was never in doubt.
Earlier, beware of the evening dew that could challenge ball possession, Morgan opted for fielding and the West Indies went down 37-5 with Moin in eight overs.
Standing mid-off, Moin chased a skier from Evin Lewis and ran backwards, catching a great run on his shoulder to draw the first blood.
In the next over, Moin, who bowled his four-over trot, gave Lendl Simmons a deep catch and spinner Shimron Hetmeyer came back to push the West Indies out.
The middle order rarely did well as Time Mills dismissed Chris Gayle and Nicholas Puran and Chris Jordan turned more screws by removing Dwayne Bravo.
Rashid then ran through the bottom half of the West Indies line-up, dismissing Kieron Pollard and Obed McCoy in consecutive deliveries.
Gayle's 13th was the only double-digit score in surrendering to England's fiery attack in the angry batting of the West Indies.
Rashid sent 14 deliveries, conceded just two runs and claimed four wickets in a great spin bowling performance.
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