Tamil Nadu rode on centuries by captain Vijay Shankar and M Kaushik Gandhi to post a 76-run win over Gujarat in the opening match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy Group 'C' league here on Monday.
The home side posted 311 for 8 in 50 overs thanks to the 219-run partnership between Shankar (100) and Gandhi (127) and held off a late challenge by Bhargav Merai (101) to restrict Gujarat to 235 all out in 45.1 overs.
Test stars Murali Vijay and Ravichandran Ashwin had mixed fortunes with the former being dimissed cheaply while the off-spinner returned figures of two for 38.
Sent into bat by Gujarat captain Priyank Panchal, the home side lost Test star Murali Vijay early, when he was caught behind by Dhrun Raval off Chintan Gaja for 11.
Opener Gandhi and one-drop batsman B Aparajith (16) put on 31 runs before the latter was caught by H P Patel off medium-pacer Bhargav Merai for 16.
Gandhi, who survived a few chances, made the most of it and played some good shots all-round the wicket.
All-rounder Shankar, coming off a good run of scores in the local games, played confidently and slammed some e boundaries and two big sixes. However, a flurry of wickets towards the end meant Tamil Nadu finished with 311.
In reply, Gujarat saw opener S B Gohil fall in the first over to comeback man Aswin Crist. Panchal was the only one to offer resistance as the team slumped to 124 for 6 in the 25th over.
Merai, however, played a defiant knock, which included some beautiful drives and also hit a huge six off Washington Sundar and brought up his ton in 94 balls.
Aswin Crist took three wickets while Ashwin ended Gujarat's resistance by trapping Ishwar Chaudhary lbw.
Meanwhile, Surya Kumar Yadav blasted 11 fours and seven sixes in a 85-ball unbeaten 134 while Jay Bista hit 90 to shine in Mumbai's 74-run victory over Madhya Pradesh.
In the day's other match, Andhra Pradesh cruised to a six-wicket win over Team Rajasthan thanks to B Sumanth's unbeaten 71.
Unmukt slams ton with broken jaw, powers Delhi to easy win
Bilaspur (HP): Opener Unmukt Chand did not let a broken jaw stand in the way as he slammed a sublime century and powered Delhi to a 55-run victory over Uttar Pradesh in the Vijay Hazare Trophy here on Monday.
Chand was dropped from the semifinal and final of the Ranji Trophy after a poor run of form, but regained his confidence with a half-century in the title clash of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament, which his team won.
Sent into bat after UP won the toss, Delhi rode on Chand's 116 off 125 balls to notch up a competitive 307 for six in the allotted 50 overs.
A former U-19 World Cup winning captain, Chand was injured in the nets, just before the start of the match. But he showed courage and belted 12 boundaries and three sixes during his stay in the middle.