With the series tied at 0–0 with one game to play, the first day at Karachi saw 14 wickets fall – the most on any day in the series thus far – and three of them fell in the very first over, as Irfan Pathan removed Salman Butt (caught Dravid), makeshift captain Younis Khan (lbw) and Mohammad Yousuf (bowled) for a hat-trick. Cricinfo claimed the series "exploded into life" . India took three more wickets in the next ten overs, sending Pakistan to 39 for 6, but wicket-keeper Kamran Akmal fought back. His fourth Test century took 130 balls, and during the three hours he batted, Pakistan added 197 runs for the loss of two wickets. Abdul Razzaq and Shoaib Akhtar supported Kamran, both falling short of their half-centuries but still assisting to the total of 245, while Pathan got two more wickets to end with five for 61.