"I am out of the match," Ganguly told Reuters on Sunday. "I'm not able to run at all, so I can't play."

The 32-year-old trained with the rest of the Indian squad on Sunday but looked shaky while batting in the nets.

In his absence, Rahul Dravid will continue to lead the team. The match starts in Mumbai on Wednesday.

Ganguly had missed the third Test in Nagpur, where Australia won by 342 runs to take a 2-0 lead and clinch their first series in India since Bill Lawry's team triumphed in 1969.

He hurt himself while fielding in the first Test in Bangalore earlier this month but the injury deteriorated during practice in Nagpur.

Ganguly is India's most successful Test captain with 15 wins in 38 matches.

India, who dropped Akash Chopra, Yuvraj Singh, Ajit Agarkar and Parthiv Patel for the Mumbai Test, have brought in four uncapped players -- openers Gautam Gambhir and Dheeraj Jadhav, paceman Shib Shankar Paul and wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik.

Meanwhile, Indian legend Sunil Gavaskar has said an excessive one-day calendar is partly to blame for India's poor Test series.

India slumped to a heavy defeat in the third Test as Australia sealed their first series win in India since 1969.

India have played 28 one-day matches in 2004, including series in Australia, Pakistan and Europe, but have turned out for just six Tests.

Gavaskar said: "The Indians are still in one-day mode, they've not been able to get out of it."

The former opening batsman also criticised the scheduling of the first Test for Banglalore instead of Madras.

He continued: "The India cricket board played into the Aussies' hands by giving them one of their favourite venues, Bangalore, for the first Test as Australia have won there before."

He was also surprised the Nagpur pitch was a green top, which played into the hands of Australia's fast bowlers.

Former all-rounder Kirti Azad said India had continued picking out-of-form players for too long.

A national selector until last month, he said wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel had been a liability.

"Unfortunately, we did not make changes when required, " said Azad.

"Patel seems to be scared of going for difficult catches, fearing that he will be seen as having dropped a catch.

"He would rather not move and play safe."