Punjab, who chose to bat after winning the toss, lost wickets at regular intervals to be all out for 206 in 57 overs at the NPR College Ground on day one of the match.
D T Chandrasekar (3/43), Malolan Rangarajan (2/67) and Rahil Shah (2/68) were the main wicket-takers for the visiting side.
Out of favour India player Yuvraj Singh top-scored for Punjab with 49 off 63 balls.
Opening the bowling with Rajwinder, India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh bagged three for 30.
J Koushik (30) was the only batsman to reach double digit in Tamil Nadu's abysmal batting display.
At stumps, Punjab were 36 for one in their second innings.
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