England captain Eoin Morgan says his team are full of confidence heading into their opening World Twenty20 match on Wednesday against the West Indies.
Despite failing to make it past the second round since winning the T20 crown in 2010, Morgan said his players had a positive mindset after winning warm-up matches against New Zealand and a Mumbai Cricket Association XI.
"We are in a really good place mentally," Morgan told reporters on Tuesday.
"As long as we execute our plans and go about our business the way we normally do, I think we'll be in a stable position."
England have struggled in recent times against quality spin bowling but Morgan does not expect spin to play a major role in the first two matches against the Windies and South Africa, both at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium. England's subsequent group one matches - against Afghanistan and Sri Lanka - will be in New Delhi.
"It's normally a good batting surface here," he said. "It's another challenge for a bowler to try and emphasise taking wickets and holding momentum throughout the innings."
England defeated Pakistan in the Twenty20 series on slow wickets in the United Arab Emirates earlier this year but arrived in India after losing both T20s last month against South Africa.
Morgan said England's batsmen had learned from their mistakes in South Africa and hoped they would play with more-positive intent in India.
"We learnt a lot particularly about our batting which stuttered a bit in South Africa," he said. "We are a young and developing side and we will gain experience by playing smarter cricket."
Top three batsmen Alex Hales, Jason Roy and Joe Root all scored in both warm-up matches while seamers Liam Plunkett, Reece Topley, David Willey and Chris Jordan were among the wickets.
"It's important to gain momentum as early as possible in the tournament because Twenty20 is very funny in regard to confidence and momentum," Morgan said. "It's very easy when you have it (momentum) but, when you try to gain it back, it could become a difficult challenge."
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