7 Most cherishable Irfan Pathan moments

5. Hat-trick against Pakistan:

Irfan Pathan’s bowling figures in the series read 1 for 133 and 0 for 106 at Lahore and 1 for 80 at Faisalabad. But unlike the previous two Tests, conditions seemed to favour the bowlers at Karachi and captain Rahul Dravid promptly elected to field first after winning the toss.

The strip was green as Irfan took his mark. He forced Salman Butt to play outside off stump, as the edge carried to Dravid at first slip with the score board reading 0-1.

Next one turned out to be full and swinging back in, Younis played down the wrong line and the ball hit the pad plumb in front of the stumps, Irfan grabbed his second as Younis was back in the dressing room.

3 slips, one gully and a short point, Mohammed Yousuf expected the ball to move out from the off stick, but Pathan bowled one back and the rest is history.