Ruthless onslaught of flamboyant opener Shafali Verma proved too hot to handle as Odisha lost to Haryana by 23 runs in their opening Group-B match of the BCCI Senior Womens T20 Tournament at VCA Kalamna in Nagpur today.

Riding on a 53-ball 92 (13x4, 3x6) by Shafali, Haryana compiled a healthy total of 169 for two after they were put to bat by Odisha captain Madhusmita Behera. In reply, Odisha could make 146 for six. Pragyan Paramita Mohanty was the top scorer for Odisha with a 30-ball 47.

SCOREBOARD

HARYANA: Bhawna Ohlan b Priyanka 5, Shafali Verma b Anjali 92, Sonia Khatri not out 30, Sheetal Rana not out 33; Extras (nb-1, w-6, b-1, lb-1) 9
Total (2 wickets; 20 overs) 169
Did not bat: Diksha Sharma, Shivangi Chauhan, Suman Gulia, Urvashi Saini, Shalini Kumari, Priya Khatkar, Parmila Kumari
Fall of wickets: 1-39 (Bhawna, 5.1 ov), 2-124 (Shafali, 14.3)
Bowling: Sujata Mallik 3-8-28-0, Banalata Mallick 2-3-24-0, Priyanka Priyadarshini 4-8-25-1, Madhusmita Behera 4-9-30-0, Rasanara Parwin 4-4-34-0, Louisa Dash 2-2-21-0, Anjali Singh 1-4-5-1.

ODISHA: Madhuri Meheta b Sheetal 21, Madhusmita Behera b Urvashi 6, Sarita Meher run out Sheetal 27, Pragyan P Mohanty run out Sheetal 47, Anjali Singh c Parmila b Diksha 12, Priyanka Priyadarshini c Urvashi b Parmila 6, Rani Tudu not out 10, Rasanara Parwin not out 13; Extras (w-4) 4
Total (6 wickets; 20 overs) 146
Did not bat: Banalata Mallick, Louisa Dash, Sujata Mallik
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Madhusmita, 1.2 ov), 2-52 (Sarita, 7.4), 3-56 (Madhuri, 9.1), 4-77 (Anjali, 12.1), 5-113 (Priyanka, 15.6), 6-124 (Pragyan, 17.4)
Bowling: Suman Gulia 2-3-16-0, Urvashi Saini 3-8-27-1, Priya Khatkar 4-12-21-0, Sheetal Rana 4-14-25-1, Diksha Sharma 4-7-33-1, Parmila Kumari 3-4-24-1.