The first instance of a fielding error from India came in the final ball of the third over when Smriti Mandhana, stationed at long-on, misjudged the height of the shot from Georgia Plimmer as the ball went over her head to hit the boundary cushion for a six. Later in the final over of the powerplay, Renuka Thakur misfielded as Plimmer's effort against Arundhati Reddy resulted in a boundary. The India fast bowler, stationed at deep square leg, let it through her hands. A delivery later, Suzie Bates top-edged a leg-side ball as it went straight up. India wicketkeeper Richa Ghosh made the call, settled under it, but made a meal of it as she failed to hold on. India captain Harmanpreet was not happy with the back-to-back errors as New Zealand completed a fifty-run opening stand in the powerplay to dictate the game.