India humiliates England with 150-run win in 5th T20 after Abhishek Sharma's six-smashing rampage

MUMBAI, India (AP) — Abhishek Sharma smacked England for 13 sixes and a 37-ball hundred before taking two wickets in his only over as India won the fifth Twenty20 by a massive 150 runs on Sunday.

Sharma hit a record individual men's T20 score for India — 135 runs off 54 balls — as the hosts amassed 247-9 in 20 overs after losing the toss at Wankhede. Shubman Gill previously held the record for India with 126 not out against New Zealand in 2023.

England collapsed in reply to 97 all out in 10.3 overs as India won the five-match series 4-1.

Sharma lit up the Mumbai skyline with a flurry of sixes and seven fours before England was all out with 57 balls to spare. His 13 sixes also set a record for the most sixes by an India batter in a T20 match, beating the previous record of 10 which was shared by Rohit Sharma, Sanju Samson and Tilak Varma.

Mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy took 2-25 for India, while Shivam Dube got 2-11. Sharma took 2-3 in his one over.

Sharma hit 50 off only 17 balls – the second quickest for an Indian batter in T20s — as India scored 95-1 in the powerplay.

The left-handed opener put on 115 runs off 43 balls for the second wicket with Varma. India had crossed 100 in only the seventh over thanks to Sharma’s whirlwind knock, but stumbled past the halfway mark.

India conceded five wickets across 41 deliveries but it didn’t reflect on the scoreboard as Sharma was unstoppable.

He reached his second T20 hundred off only 37 balls – the second-quickest for India in men's T20s behind Rohit Sharma’s 35-ball hundred against Sri Lanka in 2017.

Sharma finished with a strike-rate of 250.

India scored its fourth highest innings total in T20s. It was also the second-highest T20 score against England, whose reply fell apart despite Phil Salt’s 55 off 23 balls.

Mohammed Shami sent back Ben Duckett for a golden duck and the spinners took over thereafter. Jos Buttler was caught off Chakravarthy for seven runs and the wickets kept falling.

Harry Brook swept straight to the fielder off Ravi Bishnoi, out caught for two, and for a fifth time against leg spin in five games.

Salt reached his half-century with seven fours and three sixes – he was caught off Dube’s first ball, who also bowled Jacob Bethell (10), the only other English batter to reach double figures.

Sharma then got into the bowling attack – Brydon Carse and Jamie Overton were caught in the space of five deliveries on a memorable night for the 24-year-old.

England collapsed to its fourth lowest total and its heaviest loss in T20s. For India, it was the second-highest victory margin (by runs) after 168 runs against New Zealand in 2023.

India won the first two T20s in Kolkata and Chennai by seven and two wickets, respectively. England pulled one back in Rajkot, winning by 26 runs, before India claimed the series in Pune with a 15-run win.

Both sides made one change for Sunday’s game — Mark Wood returned for England, while Shami replaced Arshdeep Singh.

A three-match ODI series starts Thursday in Nagpur in the build-up to the 2025 Champions Trophy.

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Indian players celebrate with the trophy after winning the T20 cricket series against England at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, India, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Indian players celebrate with the trophy after winning the T20 cricket series against England at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, India, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Indian players celebrate with the trophy after winning the T20 cricket series against England at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, India, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

England's Phil Salt raises his bat as he celebrates after scoring fifty runs during the fifth Twenty20 cricket match between India and England at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, India, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

India's players celebrates the wicket of England's Liam Livingstone, right, during the fifth Twenty20 cricket match between India and England at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, India, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

India's Mohammed Shami successfully appeals for the wickets of England's Mark Wood during the fifth Twenty20 cricket match between India and England at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, India, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

India's players celebrates the wicket of England's Jamie Overton during the fifth Twenty20 cricket match between India and England at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, India, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

India's captain Suryakumar Yadav prepares to take the catch to dismiss England's Jamie Overton during the fifth Twenty20 cricket match between India and England at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, India, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

India's Abhishek Sharma celebrates after scoring a century during the fifth Twenty20 cricket match between India and England at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, India, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

India's Abhishek Sharma acknowledges the crowd as he leaves the ground after losing his wicket during the fifth Twenty20 cricket match between India and England at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, India, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is meeting with oil executives at the White House on Friday in hopes of securing $100 billion in investments to revive Venezuela’s ability to fully tap into its expansive reserves of petroleum — a plan that rides on their comfort in making commitments in a country plagued by instability, inflation and uncertainty.

Since the U.S. military raid to capture former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro on Saturday, Trump has quickly pivoted to portraying the move as a newfound economic opportunity for the U.S., seizing tankers carrying Venezuelan oil, saying the U.S. is taking over the sales of 30 million to 50 million barrels of previously sanctioned Venezuelan oil and will be controlling sales worldwide indefinitely.

On Friday, U.S. forces seized their fifth tanker over the past month that has been linked to Venezuelan oil. The action reflected the determination of the U.S. to fully control the exporting, refining and production of Venezuelan petroleum, a sign of the Trump administration's plans for ongoing involvement in the sector as it seeks commitments from private companies.

It's all part of a broader push by Trump to keep gasoline prices low. At a time when many Americans are concerned about affordability, the incursion in Venezuela melds Trump’s assertive use of presidential powers with an optical spectacle meant to convince Americans that he can bring down energy prices.

The meeting, set for 2:30 p.m. EST, will be open to the news media, according to an update to the president's daily schedule. “At least 100 Billion Dollars will be invested by BIG OIL, all of whom I will be meeting with today at The White House,” Trump said Friday in a pre-dawn social media post.

Trump is set to meet with executives from 17 oil companies, according to the White House. Among the companies attending are Chevron, which still operates in Venezuela, and ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips, which both had oil projects in the country that were lost as part of a 2007 nationalization of private businesses under Maduro’s predecessor, Hugo Chávez.

The president is meeting with a wide swath of domestic and international companies with interests ranging from construction to the commodity markets. Other companies slated to be at the meeting include Halliburton, Valero, Marathon, Shell, Singapore-based Trafigura, Italy-based Eni and Spain-based Repsol.

Large U.S. oil companies have so far largely refrained from affirming investments in Venezuela as contracts and guarantees need to be in place. Trump has suggested on social media that America would help to backstop any investments.

Venezuela’s oil production has slumped below one million barrels a day. Part of Trump's challenge to turn that around will be to convince oil companies that his administration has a stable relationship with Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodríguez, as well as protections for companies entering the market.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum are slated to attend the oil executives meeting, according to the White House.

Meanwhile, the United States and Venezuelan governments said Friday they were exploring the possibility of r estoring diplomatic relations between the two countries, and that a delegation from the Trump administration arrived to the South American nation on Friday.

The small team of U.S. diplomats and diplomatic security officials traveled to Venezuela to make a preliminary assessment about the potential re-opening of the U.S. Embassy in Caracas, the State Department said in a statement.

Trump also announced on Friday he’d meet with President Gustavo Petro in early February, but called on the Colombian leader to make quick progress on stemming flow of cocaine into the U.S.

Trump, following the ouster of Maduro, had made vague threats to take similar action against Petro. Trump abruptly changed his tone Wednesday about his Colombian counterpart after a friendly phone call in which he invited Petro to visit the White House.

President Donald Trump waves as he walks off stage after speaking to House Republican lawmakers during their annual policy retreat, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)