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[caption id="attachment_2737" align="alignnone" width="670"] Yuvraj Singh failed with the bat against Rajasthan in Syed Mustaq Ali Trophy . Image Source - twitter[/caption] Kolkata : The first day of the Syed Mushtaq Ali trophy witnessed some upsets and some wonderful performances. Yuvraj Singh flopped while Ishwar Pandey & Piyush Chawla claimed hat-tricks . Here is a round-up of all the action on the first day.  Rajasthan wins against Punjab as Yuvraj Singh flops Yuvraj Singh failed with the bat as minnows Rajasthan shocked Punjab by four wickets in a group B encounter. Batting first, Punjab managed a paltry 130 for six in 20 overs with Mandeep Singh smashing 76 off 52 balls with seven fours and three sixes. Yuvraj was dismissed by a slower delivery from Rajat Bhatia, caught by Rajesh Bisnoi. Save Mandeep, only Gurinder Singh (29 no) crossed the 20-run mark. Bhatia again proved his skills as slow medium pacer in this format with figures of 2/16 in 4 overs.  UP win as Piyush Chawla claim hat-trick against Maharshtra Piyush Chawla returned with a four-wicket haul to guide Uttar Pradesh to a comfortable seven-wicket win over Maharashtra in a weather-hit Group D match. The spin-pace duo of Chawla (4/28) and Ankit Rajpoot (3/15) shared seven wickets between them as Uttar Pradesh restricted Maharashtra to 109 for 7 after the match was reduced to 12-overs-a-side due to bad weather  Virender Sehwag Flops as Tamil Nadu Thrash Haryana Pacer Antony Dhas and leg-spinner M Ashwin shared seven wickets between them as Tamil Nadu thrashed Haryana by nine wickets in their opening group A match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Twenty20 in Nagpur. Virender Sehwag was dismissed after adding just three runs to the military medium pace of Rajagopal Sathish. The swashbuckler, who retired from international cricket last year, is playing this tournament as part of his preparations for the upcoming Masters Champions League. Mumbai defeat Odisha Mumbai produced a disciplined bowling display to notch up a comprehensive six-wicket victory over Odisha in a weather-hit match in Cuttack.Electing to field, Mumbai dismissed Odisha for a paltry 91 in 17.4 overs and then returned to overhaul the target in just 15.5 overs in a match that was reduced to 18 overs a side due to inclement weather. Delhi Chase Down 210 In High-Scoring Thriller A collective effort by Delhi's batsmen ensured that they comfortably chased down a mammoth Railways total with 4 wickets in hand in the opening group C match. Railways scored 210 for two in 20 overs on one of the flattest of decks with No 3 batsman Saurabh Wakaskar scoring 118 off 55 balls with seven boundaries and 11 sixes. He added 185 runs with former RCB player Asad Pathan (85). However Delhi chased down the target in 19.2 overs as almost all the batsmen save skipper Gautam Gambhir (10), who is out of form, scored runs . Opener Unmukt Chand started the chase with a 19-ball-38 with four boundaries and three sixes. Nitish Rana with a whirlwind 34 off 15 balls that included four sixes also played his part. But it was young right-hander Aditya Kaushik, who impressed one and all. with 53 off 36 balls that included five boundaries and a six as he held the innings during middle overs. Services Upset Karnataka Services produced an impressive all-round show to beat Karnataka by three wickets in a Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Chasing 122 for a win, Services overhaul the target with six balls to spare in the Group D match at Barabati Stadium. Sent into bat, Karnataka could only score 121 for 9 in their allotted 20 overs as a disciplined Services bowlers stifled them from scoring.  Ishwar Pandey claim hat-trick against Andhra Pradesh Ishwar Pandey ripped apart the rival top-order with a four-wicket haul as Madhya Pradesh overwhelmed Andhra Pradesh by five wickets. Pandey vindicated his captain Naman Ojha's decision to field first as he reduced Andhra Pradesh to 22 for four inside five overs with a four-wicket burst. Andhra could never recover from that assault and only four of their batsmen could manage double digit score with Sirla Srinivas being the top-scorer with 22. All they managed was only 95 on the board.