Two days after becoming the first Bangladesh bowler to claim a hattrick in Test cricket, Alok Kapali was still reliving the finest moment in his career.

It was Friday and the sun was beating down on the Arbab Niaz Stadium, the venue for the second Test, when the 19-year-old leg-spinner, who had until then bowled only one over in the entire innings, came to bowl his second over at the Pakistan tail.

And with the fourth and fifth balls of the over he had Shabbir Ahmed caught at mid-off, Danish Kaneria leg before and then in his next over Umar Gul, who was rapped on the pad, watched as Zimbabwean umpire Russel Tiffin raised his dreaded finger.

Kapali instantly became the 32nd bowler and provided the 29th instance in Test cricket's glorious history of a bowler to take a hattrick.

The young cricketer from Sylhet more known in the international arena for his batting exploits, reflected on his achievement when he talked to this correspondent at the hotel lobby in Rawalpindi on Sunday night.

"I spent sometime working with Australian leg-spinner Stuart MacGill and he passed on quite a few tips especially during the Test matches.

"He advised me to take an angular run-up instead of coming in straight and bowl.

"But I'm still running straight as I didn't get any time to practice before coming to Pakistan," he said adding that he was trying not experiment.

"I'm only concentrating on bowling leg-breaks. Once I have mastered that, I will try to add some variety."

Even after getting two successive wickets Kapali never thought he would join the illustrious hattrick-takers' list but only wanted to follow his captain's advice.

"After getting the wickets of Shabbir and Danish our captain told me to just to bowl it straight to Umar. And that paid off."

"I felt great after the hattrick. Now I have the confidence that I can bowl even better," he said adding that he wished his family were there with him on the occasion.