DELHI: Former players and media have trained their guns on the Indian board after M.S. Dhoni's team slid to another humiliating series defeat.

Australia smashed India by an innings and 37 runs inside three days to clinch the four-match series, after winning in Melbourne by 122 runs and Sydney by an innings and 68 runs.

"They are doing extremely well when it comes to making money and controlling world cricket, but what is the use if your team fails to win matches abroad?" ... Kapil Dev. Credit:Getty Images

It was India's seventh successive loss abroad, following their 4-0 rout in England last year, in a dismal run that has taken the sheen off their limited-overs World Cup victory last April.

As the nation debated the future of ageing batting greats, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul David and V.V.S Laxman, the cash-rich Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) was trashed for its short-sighted policies. ''They are doing extremely well when it comes to making money and controlling world cricket,'' said former captain Kapil Dev. ''But what is the use if your team fails to win matches abroad?''