Dhoni under fire after new tour flop

NEW DELHI, Feb 19 (AFP): Beleaguered skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni was put on notice by his predecessors Wednesday after India suffered yet another away series defeat, with one of them calling his leadership "obnoxious".

The 1-0 loss to New Zealand Tuesday was India's fourth consecutive series defeat abroad and followed a 4-0 drubbing for Dhoni's World Cup champions in the preceding one-dayers.

India have now lost 10 of their last 12 Tests abroad-the other two were drawn-a record that included two successive 4-0 whitewashes in England and Australia.