On this day: India’s Chetan Sharma picked up the first-ever World Cup hat-trick
On October 31, 1987, Chetan Sharma had clean bowled New Zealand's Ken Rutherford, Ian Smith and Ewen Chatfield to etch his name in the history books. This was also the first ever hat-trick by an Indian bowler in international cricket.
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He took 8/87 in that innings and finished the Test match with 13 wickets for 217 runs.
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