Meg Lanning's long-time rival Harmanpreet Kaur has described her shock at the Australia legend's retirement call just a month out from a tour of India.
Australia's women will play their first Test in India since 1984 when they face the hosts at Mumbai's famous Wankhede Stadium on December 21.
But Australia will have a new captain, expected to be Alyssa Healy, for the eagerly-anticipated series, which includes three ODIs and T20s, after Lanning's decision to end her stellar international career at age 31.
Lanning and Kaur are two of the greatest women's cricketers in history, with the pair arguably their country's all-time best female batters respectively.
Kaur is currently the No.8 ranked batter in ODIs, one place ahead of Lanning.
"Definitely it was shocking because the kind of player she is, I still feel she had so many years to do well for Australian cricket, but that's a personal decision," the Indian captain said on Wednesday.
"She has achieved so (much) as a women's cricketer.
"She has been leading the team from the front, (won) so many ICC titles.
"I think she has achieved so many things, which as a player, we dream to achieve those things, but wishing her luck for the future."
During her retirement press conference, Lanning spoke about Australia's lowest moment during her time in charge being the 2017 ODI World Cup when they were knocked out in the semi-finals following a spellbinding unbeaten 171 from Kaur.
Following the disappointment of that tournament, Australia have dominated women's cricket since, including the 2020 T20 World Cup.
Australia lost the opening game to India before emphatically exacting revenge in the final at the MCG, held in front of a mammoth crowd of 86,174.
'Our performance was really good (during that T20 World Cup) but unfortunately we could not (win in the) finals," Kaur said.
"A lot of good memories to bring home from that, a lot of positive things to remember, but now we have some more World Cups are coming up and we are thinking about those things."
Kaur is the only Indian taking part in this season's WBBL, returning to play for the Melbourne Renegades after missing last year's edition.
The Renegades sit on the bottom of the table with just one win from their first 10 matches ahead of Friday night's clash with Brisbane.
"The next few games are very important for us to get that confidence back," Kaur said of the Renegades.
"We have done really well in patches, but unfortunately results haven't gone in our favour."
