The visitors sent back Natalie Sciver (42), Amy Jones (1) , England skipper Heather Knight (95) and Georgia Elwiss (5) in the post-tea session to make a comeback in the match.
The WTC final against New Zealand will be held from June 18-22 at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton.
Rahul, who was diagnosed with acute appendicitis and pulled out of the postponed Indian Premier League at the start of this month, had been named in tour party subject to fitness clearance.
Dravid based his opinion on the fact that the Indian team will get a longer time to acclimatise to the English conditions.
The Indian team is scheduled to play the World Test Championship final against New Zealand at Southampton from June 18-22 before taking on England in a five-Test series.
After spending around seven weeks inside the bio-bubble in India, the 23-year-old Bess is currently involved in the county season, looking to rediscover his form with Yorkshire.
Starting the series on a rousing note in February, England succumbed to the spin duo of Ravichandran Ashwin and Axar Patel to suffer heavy defeats in the next three Tests.
Kumar played an integral role in India's 2-1 win over England in the recent three-match series, picking 3/42 in the final match.
The English head coach reflected on the long tour with pride and said the English will be stronger when they come back here for the T20 World in the last quarter of the year.
The injury happened in January at his home and was managed by England during the recently-concluded India-England series.
Even after a stupendous last IPL for MI, Suryakumar didn't make it to the Australia tour but grabbed his opportunity with three great knocks in the T20 Internationals against England.
England have played nine matches in the league out of which they have won four and lost five.
Making a comeback into the Indian white-ball side, Pant was promoted to No. 4 and the 23-year-old did not disappoint. He scored half-centuries in the two ODIs.
Kohli thus joins his predecessor MS Dhoni and Mohammad Azharuddin as the only players to have led India in 200 international matches.
England were struggling at 168 for six when Curran walked in and soon his side found itself at 200 for seven. He almost won the match and series for England with his unbeaten 95
With all eyes will now be on the IPL beginning on April 9, Buttler believes Curran, who is in the Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings, will have a great opportunity to talk to the former India captain.
India survived a Sam Curran scare on Sunday night at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium with the all-rounder pulling off an inspirational unbeaten 95 to power England to a near-impossible recovery.
Bhuvneshwar, who has had a lot of injury issues for the past two years and being out of the national team, was the team's second-highest wicket-taker in the three-match ODI series with six scalps.
Jonny Bairstow was declared man of the series and Sam Curran was the man of the match.
With 14 to win from the last over, England managed to score just six as India wrapped up the ODI series with a dramatic victory in Pune.
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