Irfan Pathan IND vs PAK: Irfan Pathan has been included in the list of best players of Team India. He gave memorable performances many times during his career. Irfan had given a similar performance against Pakistan. He had defeated the players against Pakistan by bowling lethally on their own ground. Irfan took the first hat-trick in the very first over of Test cricket. This match was memorable. Although Team India could not win the match.
Actually, Team India had gone on Pakistan tour in 2006. During this period, the third test match of the series was played in Karachi. Pakistan team came on the field to bat first. He had scored 245 runs till he was all out in the first innings. During this innings, Irfan Pathan bowled the first over for India. He dismissed Salman Butt on the fourth ball of the over. He was caught on the score of zero. After this, Younis Khan was out on the fifth ball and returned to the pavilion. Mohammad Yusuf was out on the very next ball. These three players were out on zero.
Irfan Pathan created history by taking a hat-trick in the very first over of the test match. This broke the back of the Pakistani team. However, Kamran Akmal took control of the team to a great extent by scoring a century. Pakistan had scored 599 runs in the second innings and declared the innings with the loss of 7 wickets. Team India had to face defeat in this match by 341 runs.
Let us tell you that Irfan Pathan played 29 test matches during his career. Took 100 wickets during this period. His best performance in an innings was taking 7 wickets for 59 runs. Irfan took 173 wickets in 120 ODI matches. His best performance in an ODI was taking 5 wickets for 27 runs.
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