Rain has spoiled the party in the third and final Twenty20 international between the Blackcaps and India at Napier, consigning the teams to a tie on the Duckworth-Lewis system.
After being set 161 to win by the Blackcaps, India were 75/4 when the heavens opened at McLean Park and forced the players from the field - right on par with the DLS score.
Just the fourth DLS tie in history, the result secures India the three-match series 1-0, after their 65-run victory in the second match at Tauranga on Sunday. The first at Wellington was abandoned due to rain without a ball being bowled.
The Blackcaps made a cautious start after again losing opener Finn Allen early, trapped absolutely plumb in front by a pinpoint late in-swinging yorker from Arshdeep in the second over.
Fellow opener Devon Conway then found his rhythm, combining with Mark Chapman (12) briefly until he was joined by in-form Glenn Phillips.
The pair proceeded to seize the momentum for the hosts, combining in an action-packed partnership of 86 runs.
Phillips plundered 54 off 33 balls, followed to the pavillion soon afterwards by Conway, whose 59 off 49 balls.
At 146/3, they seemed to have laid an ideal platform for the Blackcaps to launch to a daunting total.
Instead, seven wickets fell for just 14 runs in a staggering collapse, the final wicket tumbling in the last over to consign them to a below-par total of 160.
Player of the match Mohammed Siraj was the pick of the bowlers, securing career-best figures of 4/17.
The Blackaps desperately needed early wickets and they got them. Stand-in captain Tim Soithee snared two in his second over to have India reeling at 23/3, the prospect of a second hat-trick in as many games spoiled by a wide.
Captain Hardik Pandya helped steady the ship for India with a series of boundaries, leaving the contest delicately poised when the rain that delayed the start of play by 40 minutes returned for good.
The teams now shift into one-day international mode, with the first of three matches taking place at Auckland's Eden Park on Friday.
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