Chasing 139 for victory, Mumbai looked like losing the match against the Chargers last night before Rohit Sharma smashed a towering six in the very last ball to steer the Mumbai outfit to a dramatic five-wicket victory.
"Losing is not easy, it is always hard. But the positive thing is, we know that we can reinforce victory and we are good enough (against a strong team). The way we played yesterday proved that we have it in us," said Sangakkara.
The skipper felt his side was at least 20 runs short while batting but said 139 was still a defendable target.
"We were about 20 runs short. But 139 was a defendable total. A couple of early wickets had put us in the game. Even Dale's (Steyn) over (penultimate over) in the end brought us back into the match and you always back yourself when it is 18 runs from just six balls. But Rohit played well," he insisted.
Deccan Chargers will next play Rajasthan Royals on April 17 in Jaipur and Sangakkara felt that there was enough time to work on their gray areas.
"Now we have about five-six days off and we are going to train hard and try to improve on our game. We would also look to make less mistakes in the other games," said the Sri Lankan at the sidelines of a launch of Formula One Indian Grand Prix tickets at the Buddh International Circuit (BIC) here today.
South African pacer Dale Steyn, meanwhile, said that these were still early days in the tournament and once they start winnings, things would fall in place.
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"Once you start winning, you get the momentum and we are also looking to do that," said Steyn.
Chargers' wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel missed a few run out chances during the tense moments of the match yesterday to let Mumbai Indians have the last laugh, and when he was asked about those blunders, he said it was just one of those days.