India, Feb. 16 -- New Zealand all-rounder Daryl Mitchell said the Black Caps lost the game in the Powerplays as they went down by sevenwickets to South Africa in their T20 World Cup clash here, their first defeat of the tournament. "I think, probably in both Powerplays we let the game slip," Mitchell said after the loss Saturday night. "With the bat, we lost a few too many wickets early and held ourselves back through that middle phase.

And then with the ball, we've got to put our hands up and say we weren't as good as we could be." New Zealand managed 175 for 7 after rebuilding from early setbacks but Mitchell admitted they were targeting a bigger total on a surface that looked conducive for strokeplay. "We rebuilt and put ourselves in ...