Spinner Ajaz Patel took two wickets as New Zealand beat Bangladesh by 27 runs for a consolation win in the fifth Twenty20 international in Dhaka on Friday.
Skipper Tom Latham's unbeaten 50 and a 24-ball 41 by opener Finn Allen guided New Zealand to 161-5, a total they defended by restricting Bangladesh to 134-8.
Afif Hossain hit an unbeaten 49 but Bangladesh faltered in their chase with Patel returning figures of 2-21 with his left-arm spin.
The hosts won the five-match series 3-2 after they had taken an unbeatable lead after winning the fourth match.
Bangladesh v New Zealand 5th T20 scoreboard
Scoreboard of the fifth and final Twenty20 international between Bangladesh and New Zealand at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka on Friday:
New Zealand
Finn Allen b Shoriful 41
Rachin Ravindra c Rahim b Shoriful 17
Tom Latham not out 50
Will Young c Nurul b Afif 6
Colin de Grandhomme c Shamim b Nasum 9
Henry Nicholls c Nurul b Taskin 20
Cole McConchie not out 17
Extras (lb1) 1
Total (20 overs, 5 wickets) 161
Did not bat: Scott Kuggeleijn, Ajaz Patel, Jacob Duffy, Ben Sears
Fall of wickets: 1-58 (Ravindra), 2-58 (Allen), 3-71 (Young), 4-83 (De Grandhomme), 5-118 (Nicholls)
Bowling: Taskin 4-0-34-1, Nasum 3-0-25-1, Shoriful 4-0-48-2, Mahmudullah 3-0-17-0, Soumya 2-0-14-0, Afif 3-0-18-1, Shamim 1-0-4-0
Bangladesh (target 162)
Mohammad Naim c Latham b Sears 23
Liton Das c Kuggeleijn b Patel 10
Soumya Sarkar c Ravindra b McConchie 4
Mushfiqur Rahim c de Grandhomme b Ravindra 3
Afif Hossain not out 49
Mahmudullah c Allen b Kuggeleijn 23
Nurul Hasan lbw b Patel 4
Shamim Hossain b Duffy 2
Taskin Ahmed b Kuggeleijn 9
Nasum Ahmed not out 3
Extras (w4) 4
Total (20 overs, 8 wickets) 134
Did not bat: Shoriful Islam
Fall of wickets: 1-26 (Liton), 2-38 (Soumya), 3-39 (Naim) 4-46 (Rahim), 5-109 (Mahmudullah), 6-113 (Nurul), 7-116 (Shamim), 8-127 (Taskin)
Bowling: Duffy 4-0-25-1, Patel 4-0-21-2, Kuggeleijn 3-0-23-2 (w1), McConchie 3-0-25-1 (w1), Sears 3-0-21-1 (w2), Ravindra 3-0-19-1
Result: New Zealand won by 27 runs
Series Result: Bangladesh won the series 3-2