By Admin 
Today (29 January) is historical in the history of cricket. On this day, Irfan Pathan created history against Pakistan in Karachi, he took a hat-trick in the very first over. Let us tell you that till now 3 bowlers of India have been able to take a hat-trick in Test cricket. However, the surprising thing is that still Pakistan won this match.
Irfan Pathan’s historic hat-trick
In that Test, which started from January 29, 2006, Indian captain Rahul Dravid had won the toss and decided to bowl first, which Irfan proved right in the very first over. He bowled the first over. After dotting the first 3 balls, Pathan dismissed Salman Butt on the fourth ball. He got Younis Khan out LBW on the very next ball. By bowling Mohammad Yusuf on the last ball of the over, Irfan became the second Indian bowler to take a hat-trick in Test cricket.
Before Irfan, Harbhajan Singh had taken a hat-trick in Test cricket, he did this against Australia in March 2001. Harbhajan was the first Indian to take a hat-trick in Tests, after that Irfan was the second bowler to do so. The last time Jasprit Bumrah took a hat-trick in Test for India, he did this against West Indies in 2019.
Still India had lost
However, Irfan Pathan’s magical hat-trick was not enough to give India victory. After 6 wickets fell at 39, Kamran Akmal scored a century, Abdul Razzaq and Shoaib Akhtar scored 45-45 runs, taking Pakistan’s score to 245. India’s first innings was limited to 238 runs only. Star batsmen like Laxman (19), Dravid (3), Sehwag (5), Sachin Tendulkar (23), Ganguly (34), MS Dhoni (13) flopped.
Pakistan declared the second innings at 599 and set a target of 607 runs for India. Irfan Pathan, who took a hat-trick in the first over, could take only 1 wicket in the second innings. In the second innings, India was all out for 265 runs and Pakistan registered a big win by 341 runs. Kamran Akmal was chosen the player of the match, who came in difficult times and scored 113 runs in the first innings.