Sri Lanka's pace bowlers Kasun Rajitha and Asitha Fernando shared five wickets as Bangladesh were reduced to 24-5 in the first hour, having chosen to bat in the second Test in Dhaka on Monday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Rajitha claimed 3-16 while Fernando had 2-26 as the hosts mounted a rescue mission to reach 66-5 at lunch on the opening day, with Mushfiqur Rahim 22 not out and Liton Das on 26.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Bangladesh won the toss at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium but got off to a disastrous start as Rajitha bowled opener Mahmudul Hasan for a duck with the second ball.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Fellow opener Tamim Iqbal, who scored a century in the drawn first Test in Chittagong, also fell for a duck as he managed a leading edge off Fernando in the next over to be caught brilliantly by Praveen Jayawickrama at backward point.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Skipper Mominul Haque tried to settle the nerves with two fours, including one off the first ball he faced, but soon edged Fernando to wicketkeeper Niroshan Dickwella when on nine.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Rajitha then found a big gap between the bat and pad of Najmul Hossain, sending his middle-stump cart-wheeling with an inswinger as the left-hander was dismissed for eight.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
He delivered a body blow next ball to trap Shakib Al Hasan leg-before for a first-ball duck, leaving the Bangladesh batting line-up in tatters at 24-5.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Mushfiqur, who hit three fours, and Liton stopped the rot with an unbroken 42-run stand to see the hosts to lunch without any further damage.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Sri Lanka had rewarded Rajitha with a place in the eleven after he impressed in Chittagong by taking 4-60 playing the match as a concussion substitute for Vishwa Fernando.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
He was one of their two changes, with Jayawickrama replacing Lasith Embuldeniya.<\/p>\r\n\r\n