New Zealand beat India by 7 wickets in the fifth T20I at Seddon Park today.
Tim Seifert smashed 11 fours and 5 sixes, missing his first T20I hundred by 7 runs.
Glenn Phillips made 65 not out and finished the series with a record 341 runs.
Adam Milne took 4 wickets for 19 runs to hold India to 191 for 8.
Ishan Kishan hit 61 and Shreyas Iyer made 50 after India fell to 19 for 2.
Naman Dhir dropped Seifert on 14. Seifert went on to make 93.
India won the first three games, so the series trophy still goes to the visitors.
New Zealand chose to bowl after winning the toss at Seddon Park.
Blair Tickner took 2 wickets in his first T20I in three years.
Finn Allen fell in the second over, but Seifert kept the chase on track.
The five-match ODI series begins at Eden Park in Auckland on Wednesday.
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