He also lauded the spinners who applied the brakes on England, as India made their third consecutive ICC final across formats
Shreyas Iyer, Padikkal and Indrajith scored fifties on a day which otherwise belonged to the bowlers
He was cleared by the National Cricket Academy, after sitting out previous rounds as a precautionary measure having hurt his thumb
India enforced the follow-on after Rana’s eight-wicket haul gave them a first-innings lead of 337
The hosts, who have already won the series, made three changes, while the visitors also included Wiaan Mulder
Dananjaya made way for Theekshana, while Rahul and Arshdeep missed out for India
The Afghanistan spinner becomes the first Hundred bowler to see all five balls of a set go for six
Kulasuriya, Athapaththu and Nisansala had combined to restrict Ireland to 122, which Sri Lanka crossed in 23.1 overs
In less than six overs, Bangladesh slipped from 14 for no loss to 26 for 6 in the first session of day three