Calcutta: Geoffrey Boycott lashed out at the Indian team, terming the visitors' batting performance "naive, irresponsible and bordering on stupidity."

"So far, the Indian players have let themselves and their supporters down. The batting has been so naive and irresponsible. It has bordered on stupidity. Wafting drives at tempting outswingers is thoughtless," Boycott wrote in his column for The Daily Telegraph.

According to the former England opener, the Indian batsmen lack application while trying to flick outswingers, referring to Murali Vijay's mode of dismissals.

"Trying to work straight outswingers through midwicket and then being surprised when you get bowled or nick it to the slips is brainless. Playing the ball on the up in front of your pad is a no-no," wrote Boycott.

Boycott also opined that Indian batsmen have not done their homework as the manner of dismissals indicates. "These are elementary things you do not do against any decent swing bowler in English conditions.

"To try to do it to James Anderson, who is one of the great master craftsmen in those conditions, tells me the Indian batsmen have not done their homework. They have not sat down, talked or practised at nets and got their heads around how they are going to bat differently in England."

Boycott, who has 8,000-plus runs in Test cricket, stopped short of calling the Indians flat-track bullies. "These guys are used to batting on flat, dry, non-bouncing pitches in India and plundering easy runs. The new ball does not do much and the shine does not last long. Batsmen are king and can play lots of shots straightaway.

"India have come to England complacently and arrogantly, thinking they can bat the same way and everything will be okay on the day. Any time you do not plan and work on your cricket, the game will kick you up the backside, and India deserve the thrashing they are getting."

Boycott also warned the Indian team that James Anderson would be even more lethal at Trent Bridge, where the third Test starts this Saturday. "Do not expect it to get any easier at Trent Bridge, because that is where Anderson excels.

"His bowling figures are exceptional in Nottingham and Stuart Broad will be up for the challenge with his home crowd behind him."

Boycott, however, was concerned about teams failing to fight away from home. "Test cricket is becoming a ridiculous mismatch with most teams winning at home and failing miserably abroad.

"India, the No. 1 team in the world, have been awful in two Tests. Great teams and great players should not buckle as easily as India did at Lord's just because the ball swings and seams.

"The whole point of playing cricket in different countries on different pitches and in different climatic conditions is to test your technique, character and ability to adapt," Boycott pointed out.

Former England captain Michael Vaughan too went on to take a dig at the Virat Kohli-led Indian team, which could not even play a total of 90 overs at Lord's. Vaughan taunted the visitors by mentioning the total number of overs (82.2 overs) they could last.

Agreeing that England had the home advantage, Vaughan was elated by the fact that the hosts had defeated the No. 1-ranked Test team inside three days. "82.2 overs ... 237 Runs ... 20 wkts ... That was a Test that lasted 170.2 overs ... !!!!!! #2-0..

"English conditions YES ... Would you expect England to Win YES ... but to hammer the No1 Team inside 2 allocated days is some effort ... I declare it #BeerOclock," Vaughan tweeted the other day.

It is "men against boys" at the moment, another former captain Nasser Hussain commented, criticising the lack of fight from India in the second Test. "England are arguably the best in the world in these conditions, but the real eye has to be on India. They have to be wary of the wheels completely falling off," Hussain told Sky Sports.

"India are No. 1 in the world and it was meant to be a gun, tight series. But at the moment, it is men against boys. Their curve is going in the wrong direction."

India have been bundled out for 162, 107 and 130 in their last three innings. "They were in the game for a long time last Test (at Edgbaston), but the back injury to Kohli is a concern, the fingers of (Ravichandran) Ashwin took a blow, the rest of their batting line-up continues to fail and there are no practice games in between."