First-ever hat-trick in a Cricket World Cup was taken by an Indian

Former Indian pacer Chetan Sharma bowled out three New Zealand batsmen in three successive deliveries on October 31, 1987, in Nagpur, becoming the first bowler to take a hat-trick in World Cup. It was the first hat-trick taken by an Indian and the first all-bowled hat-trick in international cricket. Sharma, who turns 53 today, played 23 Tests and 65 ODIs.