Jerome Taylor, 2006 (13 wickets) – Once again, the Champions Trophy was played in an Asian country and this time, India hosted the tournament for the first time. It was the World Champions of that time – Australia – that went won on to lift the trophy for the first time to add another ICC trophy in their cabinet. They defeated West Indies in a low-scoring final to win the cup comfortably.
Talking of highest wicket taker, it was the West Indies pacer Jerome Taylor who emerged as the highest wicket-taker in the tournament.
In the final contest, Taylor and Ian Bradshaw grabbed a wicket each and Australia was two down with a score of 13 but bowlers failed to defend a low target of 138 as Shane Watson and Damien Martyn shared a match-winning partnership of 103 to take their team to their first ever Champions Trophy win.