Just two weeks ago Younis Khan did not want to be a ``dummy'' captain of the Pakistan cricket team.

Even after trouble-ridden Pakistan's dramatic, against-the-odds win over Sri Lanka to open its Champions Trophy campaign, Khan says he still harbours no immediate ambition to replace Inzamam-ul-Haq.

``I have nothing about captaincy in my mind,'' Khan said after a stunning four-wicket win over the in-form Sri Lankans.

Khan insists he is only filling in for Inzamam, who was banned for four matches for bringing the game into disrepute during the controversial forfeited fourth Test against England at The Oval in August.

Khan initially rejected the invitation to lead the national team in Inzamam's absence, then accepted the job after a change of chairmen at the Pakistan Cricket Board.

``I would like Inzamam to come back and handle the captaincy,'' Khan said. ``We missed Inzamam a lot and spoke a lot about him, about his captaincy and his professionalism.''

The upheaval for Pakistan's cricket team intensified Monday when key fast bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif were withdrawn from the tournament for a positive drug test.

``One day before the game we got another jolt but I always felt the boys were fit and wanted to play good cricket,'' Khan said. ``If we'd lost, people would have got a chance to say things against us. But (we) stood together, even under pressure.''

Even without its new ball attack, Pakistan's bowlers did a fine job restricting Sri Lanka to 253. Abdul Razzaq (4-50) was instrumental in keeping down the total after the Sri Lankans made a rapid start.

Razzaq then hammered a quickfire 38 off 24 balls and took the game away from Sri Lanka, winning the man-of-the-match award for his performance.

``For me, before this game, winning or losing was not important, all I wanted my players to do was to play good cricket. And we did,'' Khan said.

Khan praised Razzaq's outstanding all-round performance that gave his team two points in Group B, which also features New Zealand and South Africa.

``The turning point of the game was the way Razzaq bowled with the old ball. It is difficult to bowl with it,'' Khan said.

Pakistan conceded just 40 runs in the last 10 overs and claimed four wickets, with Razzaq claiming three of them.

Tuesday's defeat was a rude wake-up for Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene, whose team had won all its three qualifying games and was rated favourite against a depleted Pakistan.

All the Sri Lankan top-order batsmen got starts but none could cross the 50-run mark as hard-hitting opening batsman Sanath Jayasuriya led with 48 that included two sixes and five boundaries.

``Every time we looked like accelerating we lost wickets so the momentum was lost and we just couldn't push,'' Jayawardene said.

Jayawardene, who scored 31 and also became the fifth Sri Lankan to complete 6,000 runs in limited-overs games, was disappointed that none among his top four batsmen could play a long innings.

Opening batsman Upul Tharanga had made successive centuries in the qualifying games against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe, but only managed 38 against Pakistan. Kumar Sangakkara (39) and Marvan Atapattu (36) also wasted good starts.

``That's very disappointing, top four guys were making runs quite consistently but unfortunately we made lots of mistakes,'' Jayawardene said.

The Sri Lanka captain was guilty of dropping Imran Farhat on 25 and the left-handed Pakistan opening batsman went on to score 53. Tillakaratne Dilshan also missed a difficult chance that could have ended Razzaq's innings on five.

``We dropped a couple of catches at crucial points and we didn't play our A game,'' Jayawardene said. ``It is a tough group, but we still have a chance.''

Sri Lanka meets New Zealand at Mumbai on Friday while Pakistan takes on New Zealand at Mohali on Oct. 25.