Winning Champions Trophy or beating India? Pakistan player has his say

Pakistan's Salman Ali Agha acknowledges crowd as he walk off the field after his dismissal during the tri-series ODI cricket match between Pakistan and South Africa, in Karachi, Pakistan. (AP)

Just a week before India face Pakistan in Dubai, vice-captain Salman Ali Agha has said that winning the Champions Trophy is a bigger goal for his team than beating their arch-rivals in a match in the group stages.

The India-Pakistan match is usually the marquee game in any International Cricket Council (ICC) tournament and garners a high set of viewers in a cricket calendar that relishes these clashes. When Agha was asked about whether he viewed the clash as more important than winning the Champions trophy, the 31-year-old made it clear that winning one game wouldn’t matter if Pakistan wouldn’t be able to lift the trophy in a tournament with home advantage.

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