Akshaya verma

National T20 Cricket Tournament: Railways defeated Chattisgarh by four wickets in the ongoing 7th edition of the Men's National T20 Cricket Tournament for the Blind 2024-25, also known as the Nagesh Trophy, held here on Monday. The Nagesh Trophy kicked off with all four teams of Group F - Chhattisgarh, Railways, Assam, and Jharkhand battling out for the glory at the Sersa Stadium, Kharagpur West Bengal. The tournament will be held from November 10, 2024, to February 20, 2025. The league stage will be played at six venues until December 27.

In their opening match on Monday, Chhattisgarh scored 190/7 in 20 overs, but Railways chased it down to reach 192/6 in 19.2 overs, securing victory. Akshaya Verma and Mebin Anto smashed 66 and 46 runs respectively for Railways. Akshay Verma was adjudged the Player of the Match.

In the second match of the day, Jharkhand scored 214/6 in the 20 overs. But Assam could not chase down the target and could manage only 105/9 in their allotted 20 overs. Sanjeev Kerketta of the Jharkhand team was named the Player of the Match for his gutsy knock of 58 runs.