New Zealand's stand-in captain Tim Southee won the toss and chose to bat against India after rain delayed the start of the third and final Twenty20 international in Napier on Tuesday.
After the first T20 international was washed out in Wellington, India's Suryakumar Yadav scored 111 off 51 balls to set up a 65-run win at Mount Maunganui on Sunday.
Southee is standing in for Kane Williamson who has a medical appointment.
Squads
New Zealand: Finn Allen, Devon Conway, Mark Chapman, Glenn Phillips, Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Adam Milne, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee (capt) and Lockie Ferguson.
India: Ishan Kishan, Rishabh Pant, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Hardik Pandya (capt), Deepak Hooda, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj and Yuzvendra Chahal.
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZL) and Chris Brown (NZL).
TV umpire: Wayne Knights (NZL).
Match referee: Jeff Crowe (NZL).