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January 29, 2006
Irfan Pathan made history on Sunday when he became the first bowler to claim a hat-trick in the first over of a Test.
The left-armer had received a lot of flak after some ineffective bowling in the first two Tests, but he staged an explosive comeback with a superb spell in the first over of the third Test against Pakistan in Karachi.
He claimed the wickets of Salman Butt [Images], Younis Khan and Mohammad Yousuf [Images] with the last three deliveries of the over to reduce Pakistan to 0-3 and become only the second Indian - and 36th bowler overall -- to achieve a Test hat-trick.
Harbhajan Singh [Images] is the other Indian to achieve the feat.
Congratulate the 21-year-old Baroda paceman on his remarkable feat!