R Prasanna scored an unbeaten 120 in a lone hand as Tamil Nadu ended day one on 267 for eight against Uttar Pradesh in the Elite Group 'A' Ranji Trophy cricket match in Chennai on Monday.

• Ranji Trophy 2006-07

For Uttar Pradesh, medium pacer R P Singh claimed 4-58 while Praveen Kumar took 2-42.

Tamil Nadu lost openers S Anirudha (4) and M Vijay (7) with just 16 on board. Captain Badrinath joined Prasanna in the middle but was back in the pavilion after scoring 22, clean bowled by R P Singh.

S Sharath (25), R Satish (7), Yo Mahesh (26), Varun Kumar (2) batted in and around Prasanna but failed to give him able support from the other end.

Prasanna, however, did not lose focus and batted steadily to score his century.

He hit 14 boundaries in his knock which took 370 minutes.

Prasanna and Aswin (1) were at the crease when stumps were drawn today.

Scorecard:

Tamil Nadu (First Innings):
S.Anirudha C Shivkant Shukla B R.P.Singh    4
M.Vijay C P.Rohit B Sarath Srivastava       7
R.Prasanna Batting                        120
S.Badrinath B R.P.Singh                    22
S.Sharath LBW Praveen Kumar                25
R.Satish C Suresh Raina B Praveel Kumar    32
R.Naresh B Ali Murtaza                      7
V.YO.Mahesh LBW R.P.Singh                  26
K.Varun Kumar C Mohd.Amir Khan B R.P.Singh  2
R.Aswin Batting                             1
Extras (B-5, LB-4, NB-11, W-1)             21
Total (for 8 wkts in 90 overs)            267

Fall of wkts: 1/4, 2/16, 3/49, 4/87, 5/140, 6/167, 7/257, 8/264

Bowling: R.P.Singh 23-2-78-4; Sarath Srivastava 19-4-51-1; Praveen Kumar 19-3-42-2;Rohit Pradhan 3-1-10-0; Piyush Chawla [Images] 11-5-31-0; Ali Murtaza 12-1-36-1; Suresh Raina 2-0-5-0; Md.Kaif 1-0-5-0.