Watch: Abhishek Nayar wants 'domestic beast' Sarfaraz Khan to score 300 in Bengaluru

India vs New Zealand: India assistant coach Abhishek Nayar wants domestic beast Sarfaraz Khan to translate his form into international cricket and score a triple hundred in the Bengaluru Test. India still trail by 125 runs at the start of Day 4 of the Test match.

In Short

• India batted brilliantly on Day 3 of Bengaluru Test
• Sarfaraz Khan led India's fightback after 1st innings debacle
• Abhishek Nayar wants Sarfaraz to score 300 in Bengaluru Test

India assistant coach Abhishek Nayar wants Sarfaraz Khan to translate his incredible domestic cricket form into the international arena. Speaking via a Board of Control for Cricket in India video, Nayar said that he wanted Sarfaraz to hit a triple hundred in the Bengaluru Test match. Sarfaraz had led India's fightback on Day 3 of the Test match, after India were put in a perilous position by New Zealand.

Sarfaraz had hit a rapid 70-run knock at the close of play on Day 3 of the Test match and had looked incredibly comfortable on the same pitch where India were all-out for just 46 runs in the first innings. After conceding a 350-run lead, India showed incredible spirit and scored 231 runs from the 49 overs they batted on Day 3. At the stroke of day, however, Virat Kohli fell, once again putting India in a bit of bother.

Nayar spoke highly of Sarfaraz ahead of Day 4 of the Test match 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," India's assistant coach Abhishek Nayar said about Sarfaraz Khan, who was unbeaten at 70 at the end of Day 3.

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Nayar also lauded Kohli for his 70-run knock and said that the batter's wicket might turn out to be of huge consequence later on in the game.

"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," Abhishek Nayar said on Virat Kohli.

India's second assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate spoke in the same video, about India's incredidible fighting mentality. The former Dutch player said that India were not far off in this game and that was only because they did not throw in the towel despite getting hammered in the first innings of the match.

"Pretty solid day. We fought really hard, and we were really good up until that last ball. It's probably a big moment in the Test, but what it means is we've given ourselves a chance to get back into the game. No matter what situation they're presented with, we're trying to find solutions and I think you saw that today. With a massive deficit like that, it would have been easy to throw the towel in. So we're not far off and we certainly don't feel like we're out of the game. I think the guys have shown a never say die attitude and and that's how we go about it." Ryan ten Doeschate analysed the game ahead of Day 4 of the Test match.

Abhishek Nayar added on the same and said that the innate nature to keep fighting came natural to the Indian team and it was a big part of the spirit of the dressing room.

"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," Abhishek Nayar said about India's fighting mentality.

"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," Abhishek Nayar concluded.