CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu skipper Pradosh Ranjan Paul’s unbeaten 129 (132b, 13x4, 2x6) went in vain as his team lost to Madhya Pradesh by two wickets in the first round of the BCCI Men’s U-23 Group B one-day tournament in Rajkot on Saturday.

Opting to bat first, TN scored 246 for seven with MP’s Aryan Pandey taking three wickets for 50 runs. In reply, MP captain Akshat Raghuwanshi scored a match-winning 100 (109b, 10x4) and he received good support from Aryan Deshmukh who contributed 40 as their team won with four balls to spare.