AUSTRALIA women’s cricket captain Meg Lanning on Wednesday (6) said she is expecting opponents India to give them a really tough challenge in the upcoming three-match T20 international series starting Thursday (7).
Currently, the hosts are leading the multi-format series 6-4 and the visitors would need to win all the three T20I matches to register a victory in the series.
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“India has players who can take you down and also really good depth in their squad. We were expecting a really tough challenge from them and we’ve certainly got that.
It’s a good test for our group. Everyone found the last week of the Test a challenge in different ways. It's a format we don’t play a lot and have experience in different situations,” ESPNcricinfo quoted Lanning, who led Australia to a 2-1 win the one-day international series but found her team struggle in the drawn one-off Test against the Indians, as saying.
“You have so many unknowns and aren't really sure how to approach situations if you haven’t been there before. Now coming into the T20 format it’s something we know reasonably well and everyone is pretty clear on what their role is,” she added.
Lanning further added that Australia’s all-rounders are pretty good with the bat and that gives her team a bit of luxury. “Balance is important, having that variety with the ball is important and matching that with conditions. We feel like we have really good depth in those areas, just need to make sure that we get those selections right,” the Singapore-born batter said.
“It was a challenge in the twilight period, but not really an excuse and I was the prime culprit in dropping a lot of those. They were ones we should have taken. Certainly looking to be better in the field, even in the ODIs we didn't quite nail it. It's something we pride ourselves on,” Lanning, 29, said.
India will be led by Harmanpreet Kaur, who missed the ODIs and the Test due to injury, in the T20Is.
All the three games will be played at the Metricon Stadium in Queensland on Thursday, Saturday (9) and Sunday (10).
This photograph taken on April 28, 2026 shows a boy getting "thali", a sacred thread tied to his neck symbolising marriage to Hindu warrior god Aravan during the annual Koovagam transgender festival at the Koothandavar temple in Tamil Nadu's Kallakurichi district. For a few fleeting days each year, at the heart of the Koothandavar Temple where ostracised transgender community members from across India come to honour the Hindu deity Aravan, a tradition rooted in millennia-old Hindu texts -- and to enjoy a brief oasis of freedom.Getty Images
This photograph taken on April 29, 2026 shows a member of the transgender community mourning as a priest cuts the "thali", a sacred thread symbolising end of her marriage to Hindu warrior god Aravan during the annual Koovagam transgender festival at the Koothandavar temple in Tamil Nadu's Kallakurichi district. For a few fleeting days each year, at the heart of the Koothandavar Temple where ostracised transgender community members from across India come to honour the Hindu deity Aravan, a tradition rooted in millennia-old Hindu texts -- and to enjoy a brief oasis of freedom. Getty Images
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