New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner finally won the toss in the fifth and final Twenty20 international against India on Sunday and opted to bowl first.
India had won the toss in each of the first four matches, with captain Shreyas Iyer calling correctly every time. India also secured the series by winning the opening three games by four wickets, four wickets and six wickets respectively.
New Zealand bounced back in the fourth match in Auckland on Friday, recording an 87-run victory, powered by a century from Glenn Phillips.
India made two changes to their playing XI following Friday's defeat, bringing back fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar and including wrist spinner Varun Chakravarti for his first appearance in the series.
New Zealand also made one change, recalling fast bowler Blair Tickner in place of Matt Fisher.
Playing XIs:
New Zealand: Finn Allen, Tim Seifert, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Bevon Jacobs, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (captain), Nathan Smith, Adam Milne, Jacob Duffy and Blair Tickner.
India: Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer (captain), Tilak Varma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Naman Dhir, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakravarti and Bhuvneshwar Kumar.