Muttiah Muralitharan, 2002 (10 wickets) – For the first time, the tournament wasn’t played on a knockout basis and this time, the tournament turned out to have a dramatic end as a total of two finals were played and on both the occasions, rain played a spoilsport. The trophy was shared between India and Sri Lanka.
This time, it was the iconic spinner Muttiah Muralitharan who emerged as the highest wicket-taker in the tournament. Muralitharan bowled a total of 25.1 overs the tournament and scalped 10 wickets for just 70 runs at a mere economy rate of 2.78. The biggest irony was the off -spinner didn’t get a chance to bowl in both the finals, courtesy, relentless rain.