Only 1 first-over hat-trick has taken place in 2,343 Test matches

India's Irfan Pathan is the only cricketer to take a hat-trick in a Test's first over, in the format's nearly 142-year-history featuring 2,343 matches. Pathan dismissed Pakistan's Salman Butt, Younis Khan and Mohammad Yousuf on the last three deliveries of the first over in Karachi on January 29, 2006. He is the only Indian pacer to take a Test hat-trick.