Random cricket trivia. India is historically the hardest team to get a test hat-trick against. All other established test teams have been on the receiving end of multiple hat-tricks. India was untouched till 2011 when Stuart Broad got the first and as of now the only one.
India was also historically bad at taking hat-tricks. All 3 Indian test hat-tricks have come in the 21st century.
There's no point in looking for reasons because there can be no reasons. A test hat-trick is an extremely unlikely event. Only 46 in over 2000 tests. It's just a random statistical thing, these oddities about Indian test hat-tricks. Nothing deeper.
https://twitter.com/hasanbariawala/status/1460870722314670081?t=VAnxQkIJN9QWEsKzmI49Hg&s=19
Heh, very true. So both the first test hat-trick by India and the first test hat-trick against India would not have happened with DRS. 
It annoys me that Stuart Broad has two test hat-tricks! But as much as I dislike the guy, he is the #3 fast bowler and #6 overall bowler in test history in terms of wickets. And in terms of tests played by a frontline bowler, the #2 of all time. So statistics on his side.
Also a reminder that India's long streak of wins against Pakistan in world cups that ended recently was also just a statistical oddity. There is absolutely no underlying cricketing or cultural reason for why the streak existed so long other than simple probability.
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