Having won the toss and chose to field on Wednesday, the home side did well with the ball. Right-arm medium pacer Trilok Nag was the best among the Tamil Nadu bowlers, taking four wickets for 56 runs. Mitesh Patel (56), Ninad Rathwa (67) and Dhruv Patel (41 not out) made useful contributions with the bat for the away side on Day One.
