India’s assistant coach Abhishek Nayar wants Sarfaraz Khan to carry his prolific domestic run to international arena, pinning hopes on the Mumbai batter to smash a triple hundred in the ongoing Bengaluru Test against New Zealand.

Notably, Sarfaraz bagged a three-ball duck in the first innings, where the hosts were bowled out for a historic low of 46, but he bounced back in the second dig.

With an unbeaten knock of 70, the right-hander led India's fightback on Day 3 of the Test match, after the Kiwis took a massive lead of 356 runs.

In a video share by the BCCI on social media, Nayar spoke highly of Sarfaraz and hailed him as a domestic beast.

"We associate Sarfaraz Khan with hundreds, double, hundreds and triple hundreds. So I'm hoping at the end of the day we see the domestic Sarfaraz Khan being the beast in international cricket and get that triple hundred," Nayar said after the close of play on Day 3.

Sarfaraz Khan was involved in a game-changing partnership of 136 runs for the third wicket with Virat Kohli, who returned with a composed of knock of 70.

Kohli was dismissed caught behind on the last ball of day, and Nayar said the star batter's wicket might turn out to be of huge consequence later on in the match.

"It's always good to get Virat Kohli scoring runs again. Unfortunate to get out, you know, towards the last ball of the end of day's play. But we are still positioned to try and get a big score and hopefully push this game to the final day," the assistant coach remarked.

Thanks to Sarfaraz’s brilliance and half-centuries from Kohli and Rohit Sharma (52), India reduced the deficit to 125 runs at stumps on Day 3.

Praising the team’s fight back, Nayar said: "Sometimes when you are pushed against the wall, you expect Indians to come and fight back and that's the character we have in the dressing room. That innate nature that fight when you're up against it is very natural to us."

"If we can get past the first 15-20 over without losing a wicket, then I think we can look at getting anywhere around 300-350 by the end of the day and then sort of challenging the New Zealanders in the last day. Ideal situation is put 250 runs on board put New Zealand," he concluded.

Sarfaraz Khan continued his assault on Day 4 morning, reaching his maiden Test ton in just 110 balls. He notched up the three-figure mark with a back foot punch for boundary off Tim Southee.

At the time of writing, Sarfaraz (125*) and Rishabh Pant (53*) had already stitched an unbroken 113-run stand for the fourth wicket, helping India reduce the deficit to 12 runs when rain interrupted play at the Chinnaswamy Stadium.