Matt Henry misses the Bay Oval decider with India one win from the series

New Zealand must win the final one-day international at Bay Oval to square the series, and they will try to do it without Matt Henry

India lead the five-match series 2-1 and need only a win on Sunday, or a washout, to take it. New Zealand have to win to finish level at 2-2.

The hosts will attempt that without Matt Henry and Kyle Jamieson, who have left the one-day squad to prepare for the two-match Test series that begins at the Basin Reserve on 19 November.

India return to the same ground two days after a 244-run defeat there, the second-heaviest in their one-day history, behind only a 245-run loss to Sri Lanka at Sharjah in 2000.

Henry has gone to the Test camp

Henry took a career-best 6-27 on Friday, removing Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli inside the opening over and trapping Shreyas Iyer lbw at the end of it, all three without scoring.

New Zealand were bowled out for 333 and India for 89 in 26.4 overs in reply.

Henry and Jamieson are now with the Test squad, where Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell and Glenn Phillips had already gone. Lockie Ferguson, out with a calf tear, has missed the last two matches.

Randell and Clarkson join a thinned attack

Brett Randell, the 31-year-old Central Districts seamer, was given a maiden call-up for the last two matches and is yet to be used. He has 100 List A wickets at 22.74, and in March became the first bowler to take five wickets in five consecutive deliveries in a first-class match.

"Feels too good to be true, to be honest," Randell said on the eve of the fourth one-day international. "So if I do get out on the field, I'd be more than happy to make my debut."

Josh Clarkson, who took a five-wicket haul in the Ford Trophy recently, comes in as an allrounder for this match alone, and Blair Tickner returns after a stand-down following a blow to the helmet in Wellington.

"There are a few movements throughout the series so we are fortunate to be able to bring in Brett and Josh," head coach Rob Walter said.

Jacob Duffy stays, as does Matt Fisher, who took 3-31 on Friday. Will Young, whose 125 off 108 balls built the total, remains with the one-day side.

India are one win from a series they have not won since 2019

A victory would give India their first one-day series win in New Zealand since 2019, when they took it 4-1.

They won the opener at Eden Park by five wickets on DLS, New Zealand having been bowled out for 185 in 40.2 overs, and the second at Sky Stadium by four runs on DLS, reaching 113 for 7 in 26 overs after the hosts made 134 in 41.

The third, at Seddon Park, was abandoned without a ball bowled because of rain. India had won the preceding T20I series 3-2.

Coach and captain differ on the 89

Shreyas Iyer, captaining an ODI for the first time, defended his batters at the presentation. "Or even if you saw the wickets, no one threw the wicket away. It was good deliveries," he said, adding that "there was a huge difference in the first innings and the second innings in terms of wicket".

Head coach Gautam Gambhir was blunter at his press conference. "There are no unplayable deliveries in international cricket," he said. "Matt Henry bowled in good areas but we should be able to negate that."

"You are always concerned when you get bundled out for 90 odd," Gambhir added.

Speaking on Cricbuzz Live, Dinesh Karthik located the problem further down the order. "But in all three ODIs, India's batting, the middle order, has been a bit vulnerable," he said.

A reshaped India side at Bay Oval

Shubman Gill, who captained the first three matches, has left for Wellington with KL Rahul and Anshul Kamboj to join India's Test squad, which is why Iyer took over.

Ishan Kishan, his deputy, keeps wicket and top-scored with 27 on Friday.

Iyer also looked ahead. "It's important to forget about this one," he said, "but at the back of the mind it's important that we have also won two games."

The fifth one-day international starts at 3pm local time on Sunday at Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui, with the series resting on it.