Skipper Mithali Raj’s well-crafted half-century went in vain as Indian batting flopped once again with the visitors losing the first ODI against New Zealand by 62 runs here on Saturday.

Opting to bowl, New Zealand rode on Suzie Bates century (106 off 111 balls) to score a challenging 275 and India were all-out in the last over for 213 in 49.4 overs and never for once looked like being in the chase.