VIDARBHA girls held their nerve to squeeze out a three-run win over Chandigarh in their opening match of the U-23 T20 Trophy in Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday. Vidarbha posted 144-3 in their 20 overs after being asked to bat first. Kuntal Sharma top-scored with 41, while Sayali Shinde and Riddhima Maradwar contributed 36 and 27 runs, respectively. Parshushi Prabhakar (36) and Sarah Kumar (31) gave Chandigarh a good start, but Vidarbha's bowlers choked the flow of runs in the middle overs. Trupti Lodhe claimed three wickets for 22 runs, while Captain Janhvi Ranganathan, Akshara Itankar and Shweta Tiwari each scalped one to restrict Chandigarh to 141/7. Brief scores: Vidarbha 144-3 in 20 overs (Sayali Shinde 36, Riddhima Maradwar 27, Kuntal Sharma 41, Sai Bhoyar 18 not out, Ashwini Deshmukh 17 not out). Chandigarh 141-7 in 20 overs (Parushi Prabhakar 36, Sarah Kumar 31; Trupti Lodhe 3-22). Result: Vidarbha won by 3 runs.