Australia secured the Border-Gavaskar Trophy by taking a 3-0 lead in the four-match series. Victory in the final Test in Adelaide would move Australia up from its current fourth-place Test ranking to equal second.
"It's a nice feeling to have won this series, but our goal is to be the No.1 team in the world and we're not there yet, so we've got a lot of work to do and that starts in Adelaide," said Clarke.
"We haven't achieved much (as a team) at this stage. We are very proud that we've beaten the No.2 ranked team in Test cricket. It won't change until we achieve what we want as a team." Australia has clinically and ruthlessly outplayed India throughout the series, and Clarke believes his team is heading back toward the kind of dominance that Australia enjoyed throughout the 1990s and 2000s.
"The execution of our skills in all three facets of the game is getting consistent.
"To have the opportunity to play against a such a good team and have success, I guarantee that every single person in that dressing room, you won't be able to take the smile off their faces." Clarke dismissed suggestions that his team will ease off in the series closer at Adelaide Oval starting on Jan 24.
"Our goal is to win every Test match in the series. We've won the first three and it doesn't change, we'll look to win in Adelaide." Swing bowler Ben Hilfenhaus hurried Australia to victory after lunch at the WACA Ground with three wickets in the space of five deliveries as India was bowled out for 171 in its second innings.
Hilfenhaus finished with 4-54 while Peter Siddle took 3-43 including the wicket of Virat Kohli, who top scored with 75.
India's goal in Adelaide will be to avoid yet another humiliating series whitewash. Including the recent series in England, India has lost seven straight overseas Tests, with four of the past five defeats being by more than an innings.
The tourists' hopes of arresting such poor form in this Test faded quickly as it was bowled out for 161 runs on the first day, then watched as Australia took command thanks chiefly to a brilliant 180 by man-of-the-match David Warner which propelled Australia to 369.
India's top order crumbled again in the second innings, leaving the tourists on 88-4 at the start of play Sunday.
Kohli and Rahul Dravid showed some resistance in the first hour, putting together an 81-run stand before Dravid finally fell for 47, bowled yet again, this time by Ryan Harris.
Six overs later, skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni was caught by second slip Ricky Ponting off Siddle.
Kohli showed impressive temperament and talent to compile his highest Test score, but the wickets continued to fall at the other end.
Resuming on 165-6 after lunch, India lost its final four wickets in just 20 balls.
Hilfenhaus was on a hat trick when he dismissed tailenders Vinay Kumar (6) and Zaheer Khan (0) off successive deliveries. Ishant Sharma survived the hat trick ball but went a couple of deliveries later, fending a catch to short leg Ed Cowan.
Hilfenhaus and Siddle finished with a match hauls of 8-97 and 6-86 respectively.
"The Australian team is playing very good cricket at the moment and we're not playing to our potential," conceded Dhoni.
Dhoni blamed the veteran batting lineup for the team's struggles in England and now in Australia. Senior players like Virendar Sehwag, V.V.S. Laxman and the captain himself have failed with the bat in the three Tests so far.
However, he does not want the struggling senior players jettisoned just yet.
"The experience these guys have ... you need them to transfer that experience to the new players and you need them around," Dhoni said. "You can't just sideline them. We need to look at a process how best to phase them out as well as keeping the right balance; youth and experience in the side.
"It has to be a process rather than just an event. We'll be carefully deciding what needs to be done in the best interest of the country." The prolonged struggles in overseas tours have frustrated India's fans and pundits, with some former players blaming a lackadaisical approach to the game.
"Only I know how seriously I take my Test cricket ... it's not for anybody to judged how seriously I take my Test cricket," Dhoni said.
Dhoni accepted the criticism leveled at the senior batsmen and said it was justified.
"If you see the last couple of series they haven't done well. They will be feeling the pressure. It's something that's common for them throughout their careers, that's playing under pressure."
