First Cricket World Cup hat-trick was taken by an Indian
Former Indian pacer Chetan Sharma bowled out three New Zealand batsmen in three successive deliveries on 31 October 1987 in Nagpur, becoming the first bowler to take a hat-trick in a World Cup match. It was the first hat-trick taken by an Indian in international cricket. Sharma, who turned 51 on Tuesday, played 23 Tests and 65 ODIs for India.