Jemimah Rodrigues scored 72 off 53 balls to help India women post 135/6 against New Zealand women in the 2nd T20I at Eden Park, Auckland on Friday.
New Zealand women registered a 23-run win to take the first T20I.
New Zealand women registered a 23-run win to take the first T20I after India visitors imploded to lose nine wickets for 34 runs.
Sophie Devine struck a half-century and along with Amy Sattherwaite and Katey Martin’s late burst, helped New Zealand post a competitive 159 for 4.
Questions were raised over Mithali's strike-rate in the shortest format and it remains to be seen how she approaches the series, having played a record 200th ODI at Hamilton.
Having already sealed the series, the Indian women's cricket team put up an ordinary effort with the bat to go down by eight wickets against New Zealand in the third and final ODI
India batter Mithali Raj on Friday became the first woman cricketer to feature in 200 one-day international matches.
The spin trio of Ekta Bisht, Poonam Yadav and Deepti Sharma, who had tormented New Zealand in India's nine-wicket win in the first ODI, took two wickets each to stifle the Kiwi innings yet again
Since the start of 2018, nobody has scored more runs in women's ODIs than Mandhana.
Mandhana and Raj scored unbeaten fifties to help India women chase down a target of 162 runs with eight wickets remaining.