"We have been told by Interna-tional Cricket Council (ICC) match referee Chris Broad that Sourav has been suspended for six matches," joint-secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India Gautam Dasgupta told reporters here.

Vice-captain Rahul Dravid will lead India in the two remaining one-dayers against Pakistan in Kanpur on Friday and New Delhi on Sunday, Dasgupta added.

The match here ended at least 40 minutes after the scheduled time as India, fielding second, took extra time to bowl their overs.

The ICC had fined Ganguly 70 per cent of his match fee for slow over-rate during the third match in Jamshedpur on Saturday.

India, meanwhile, replaced Ganguly with another left-hand batsman Sridharan Sriram for the last two matches of the current series.

Leg-spinner Anil Kumble also returned to the side in place of seamer Irfan Pathan.

Ganguly's suspension comes amid growing calls for his sacking after his poor form with the bat. He has scored just 31 runs in four one-day matches against Pakistan after making 48 in the preceding three Tests.