"I've got a bad feeling about this game". It didn't take long for that sentiment to slip from the mouth of Rob Key during England's nervy opening to the Champions Trophy.
It took just a mere few overs, following the forced withdrawal of Chris Woakes to a left side strain, the first of Tamim Iqbal's 12 fours in his stunning century, and a Moeen Ali drop at square leg off Soumya Sarkar - this wasn't how it was supposed to go, this wasn't in the script.
Or was it? This is, after all, England at a major tournament. Favourites or not, it rarely goes how it's supposed to, and Bangladesh were all too aware. It was they, remember, who delivered the final hammer blow as England's 2015 World Cup campaign ended in ignominy.
It signalled a new era in their white-ball cricket, both in terms of playing style, but also selection. It's why the decision to drop Adil Rashid - who has taken 60 wickets while playing in 41 games of the 44 since that 2015 tournament - was such a shock.
It was a move reminiscent of the muddled thinking that persuaded England to bring in Gary Ballance at No 3 on the eve of that World Cup, while Nasser Hussain too benefited from a similar gear change when displacing Nick Knight prior to England's hosting of the World Cup in 1999.
Though Hussain finished as England's top-scorer for the tournament, rarely do such late changes in selection pay off.
It's why Eoin Morgan was so keen to back Jason Roy - who will continue to have questions asked of his place in the side after another failure - in his pre-match press conference, but it appears that confidence didn't translate to his bowling attack, more specifically, their fitness - Rashid seemingly making way as a seamer insurance policy.
An insurance policy that paid out but didn't exactly pay off, as Jake Ball struggled, returning figures of 1-82 from his 10 overs.
The beaming sunshine overhead at The Oval was lit up even further with pre-match fireworks but in the early exchanges, England's efforts in the field had all the fizz of a six-month old sparkler. Tamim took advantage - using his feet to particularly good effect in smashing Moeen Ali for two straight sixes - in striking a second consecutive century, following his hundred in the warm-up defeat to Pakistan.
England were also losing the battle in the stands - a supposed 52-48 per cent split in their favour not exactly evident, drowned out among the cacophony of noise and colour offered by the Bangladesh contingent.
On the way into the ground, there was the more traditional dress of Sonia's Fusion - a Bangladesh dance troupe performing at the interval - while inside, it was more the tiger onesie and replica one-day shirts variety.
But ultimately, far from Bangladesh gatecrashing the party, the hosts just arrived late to it. Plunkett's wickets of Tamim Iqbal and Mushfiqur Rahim off consecutive balls in the 45th over stemmed the flow of runs, while England's exploits with the bat silenced the crowd.
Roy's early dismissal aside, England cruised to their 306-run target in 47.2 overs, with Joe Root - despite having seemingly rolled his ankle - following Tamim Iqbal's century with a fine one of his own.
This is a new era of one-day cricket - 300 plus isn't quite the impossibility it was, certainly not for this England side. This is their 22nd such score since the 2015 World Cup, and the highest ever Champions Trophy chase.
Nerves? Nerves of steel.