"There's no easy games from now on" - Meg Lanning

India beat Australia in their group league match by 48 runs with Smriti Mandhana scoring a blazing 83 followed by the spinners doing the job for the side from Asia.



Australia skipper Meg Lanning says her team won’t panic after their heavy defeat at the hands of India in Saturday’s final World T20 group match in Guyana, but will learn some important lessons ahead of Thursday’s semi-final.



Both Australia and India had already secured a semi-final berth heading into the match, but the loss for Aussies means they finish second in Group B playing Windies in the semis and in case of a washout get eliminated from the tournament with no reserve day.



“I think there's a lot we can learn from it,” Lanning said after play. “It’s a good opportunity to learn and see what we need to do moving forward. We know that we've got the team here to win. But we need to put it out of the park and perform under pressure. And India put us under pressure today. And I thought the bowlers did a reasonable job in keeping them to that score," Lanning added.



Australia are already having a huge headache with their in-form batter wicket-keeper Alyssa Healy not being able to bat in India's game owing a concussion she suffered after she collided with Megan Schutt attempting a catch.



Australian top order failed to delivered as Indian spinners dominated them with only No. 7 batter Ellyse Perry being able to make her mark scoring an unbeaten innings.



“We've got the power there to (chase those scores), but we just need to be a little more crafty about how we go about it and make sure we're building those big partnerships and not letting those wickets fall too often,” Lanning said.



“I think we found the field a lot and we had too many dot balls. India showed that it was a really good batting wicket if you played good cricket shots. “(But) we just never got going. The powerplay, we didn't really get off to that flyer. And then myself, I kept hitting the ball to the fielder, and then played a big shot and got out. When you're chasing 170, you need to be scoring off as many balls as you can and building those big partnerships, which we weren't able to do.”



“There's no easy games from now on,” she said. “Whoever we do play will be very challenging. And we know we're going to have to play well to win.”