New Zealand take on India in the fifth and final ODI on Sunday and the Black Caps are aiming to square the series at 2-2.
India won the first two games, which were both affected by rain, before the third match of the series was washed out in Hamilton.
But New Zealand roared back in Mount Maunganui, bowling out India for just 89 to seal a 244-run win on Friday.
Matt Henry was the architect of that success, dismissing Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer for ducks in the first over of India's run-chase.
However, Henry and his fellow fast bowler Kyle Jamieson have left the ODI squad to prepare for the Test series against India and New Zealand are outsiders to win game five, which also takes place in Mount Maunganui.
Match Prediction
India to win @ 8/11
New Zealand were resounding winners of Friday's fourth ODI but they have been forced into another couple of changes for the final game of the series.
The hosts have a virtually second-string batting unit due to injuries and Test call-ups and their bowling attack is also inexperienced.
India won the T20I series in New Zealand 3-2 and they have a great chance of wrapping up the ODI series against a depleted Black Caps side.
Best Bet
Finn Allen to be New Zealand top batter @ 10/3
New Zealand opener Will Young laid the foundation for their total of 333 in the fourth ODI, scoring 125 off 108 balls.
However, Finn Allen also played an eye-catching innings of 41 off 30 deliveries after coming in at number five.
Allen made his name as a destructive T20 opener in franchise and international cricket so it will be interesting to see how he fares in a new middle-order role.
His boundary-hitting ability in the middle overs of an ODI could be useful for New Zealand and his innings on Friday featured five fours and two sixes.
Nick Kelly and Dean Foxcroft, New Zealand's numbers three and four, both fell cheaply in the fourth game and Allen looks a decent bet to top-score for his side.
He got starts in the first four T20Is against India, scoring 45, 16, 40 and 31, and made a good impression in his first ODI innings at number five.
Player Tips
New Zealand will shuffle their pace-bowling pack again for the final ODI as Matt Henry, who took six wickets on Friday, has joined up with the Test squad.
Jacob Duffy should return to the line-up and he is a solid 13/5 favourite to be New Zealand's top bowler.
Duffy took 4-23 in last month's fourth T20I against India in Auckland and started the ODI series with figures of 3-49 and 3-35 in the first two matches.
He dismissed India star Virat Kohli in both of those games and has an impressive ODI home record, picking up 30 wickets in 15 appearances.
Kohli may well be playing his final international match in New Zealand on Sunday and he should be backed at 5/6 to hit over 0.5 sixes.
The veteran cleared the ropes once in his matchwinning 74 off 51 balls in the first ODI and his power hitting has improved significantly in the past couple of years.
He averaged exactly one six per innings in 50-over cricket in 2025 and has struck 18 maximums in 12 ODIs this year, including nine in a sparkling century against the West Indies in September.
New Zealand opener Tim Seifert made 58 in the fourth ODI but he got off the mark with an inside edge that narrowly missed his leg stump.
Seifert's previous three ODI scores in Mount Maunganui were 11, 22 and 26 and he was dismissed for a five-ball duck in the second game against India in Wellington.
He is still learning his trade as a 50-over opener and India's Arshdeep Singh should cause problems with the new ball at the Bay Oval so Seifert is a good bet to score under 28.5 runs at 5/6.
Bet Builder
- Jacob Duffy to be New Zealand top bowler
- Virat Kohli 1+ sixes
- Tim Seifert under 28.5 runs
Pays 11/1
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