The visitors crashed to 89, their third lowest Test score as Sri Lanka tightened their grip on the visitors on the first day.

The Tiger's miserable experience in the island continued when they were dismissed below the three-figure-mark for the third time against the Lankans, after Mahela Jayawardene has decided to invite his opponents to bat on a flat track.

The Sri Lankan pacemen, mainly Dilhara Fernando, made the initial damage before the champion off-spinner finished the job against his happy-hunting side by taking five wickets for 15 runs in 7.3 overs as Bangladesh were bundled out in 32.3 overs for their lowest ever score in first innings, after forty minutes play in the second session.

Aggressive Bangladesh fast bowler Shahadat Hossain however brought some excitement, by picking up two quick wickets as Sri Lanka were reduced to 14 for 2.

But skipper Mahela Jaywardene, who became the second highest run getter for his country after Aravinda Jayasuriya (6791) on way to his strokeful 93, joined lanky opener Michael Vandort to wrest away the initiative. The pair added 170 runs for the third wicket before Mahela retired hurt with cramps.

The home team lost another wicket when left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak had Chamara Silva (1) caught by Mashrafe Bin Mortaza at first slip.

Sri Lanka however already managed a 138-run lead after finishing the day on 227-3 in 51 overs. Vandort was batting on 87 while Tilakratne Dilshan accompanied him with quickfire 27.

Bangladesh had promised to play sensible cricket this time to improve their performance against the island nation but another irresponsible batting display brought back the old memories.

Shahriar Nafees and Javed Omar made a confident start but the plague started once unorthodox pacer Lasith Malinga removed out-of-form Nafees (15), who was dismissed in similar fashion to the last series against India; by flicking the ball to wicketkeeper Prasanna Jayawardene.

Bangladesh then proceeded to lose wickets like ninepins to reach 43-4 and Fernando captured the two most important wickets as former skipper Habibul Bashar was trapped leg before for 2 and his successor Mohammad Ashraful unnecessarily pulled the quick to be caught at backward square-leg for 7 runs.

The pacers set the stage for Murali, who started the series 35 wickets away from eclipsing the Shane Warne world record mark of 708, to wrap up the innings by taking his 58th five-for.

Two top order batsmen Rajin Saleh (3) and Shakib Al Hasan (16) and the tail enders found no clues against the devastating off-spinner, who improved his tally to 55 in eight matches against Bangladesh.