The match earlier got delayed by nearly two hours because of a wet outfield. When the toss happened and Pakistan opted to bowl, it was Thailand who seized the advantage. They were 20 for 1 in the reduced powerplay of 3.2 overs in which Sana removed the experienced Natthakan Chantham before No. 3 Nannapat Koncharoenkai took off with shots all around the park. She picked up pace mainly after the sixth over with back-to-back fours off Umm-e-Hani for a 14-run over and was helped by some big hits from captain Naruemol Chaiwai at the other end. Koncharoenkai raced towards her fifty with a reverse-lap off Sana in the last over but fell on 49 off 38 when she was trapped right in front by a full delivery for which she went back and across, but missed.