Top 5 culprits of India's defeat against NZ in Women's T20 World Cup

New Zealand handed a big 58-run defeat to India at Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Friday.

We will take you through the top five biggest culprits of the defeat.

Shafali Verma

India lost power hitter Shafali Verma in the second over with Eden Carson taking a simple catch off her own bowling.

Smriti Mandhana

India's VC Smriti Mandhana weakness against spin remains a concern. She scored just 12 runs off 13 balls.

Harmanpreet Kaur

India unfortunately lost their captain, Harmanpreet Kaur inside the powerplay putting their chase in a tough situation. The plan was to move her up the batting order so she could get comfortable before accelerating the scoring, but she didn't get the chance to do that.

Jemimah Rodrigues

Jemimah Rodrigues’ promising knock came to an abrupt end when she was caught for 13(11).

The Kiwis kept scoring runs consistently, with Devine repeatedly hitting boundaries in a fantastic half-century that put her team in a great position.

Poor fielding and bowling