Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene wants his side to develop a ruthless streak when it comes to finishing off close matches after walking away with a thrilling tie against India at Adelaide Oval on Tuesday.
It was the second consecutive cliff-hanger for the Sri Lankans - who lost by just five runs to Australia at Perth last Friday - and the Commonwealth Bank Series' third nail-biter in a row in what has been an enthralling competition so far.
Despite their competitiveness in all matches, Sri Lanka are still yet to register a win, with this tie giving them their first points of the tri-series.
"We're happy, but at the same time, the way we're making mistakes, we need to be a bit more focused and try to be ruthless in finishing games off," Jayawardene said.
"That's what you expect, especially with these two top teams."
"We have to be ruthless, we have to be finishing games off, so (we're) a bit disappointed but overall quite happy with the effort of the guys."
India lost three early wickets in pursuit of Sri Lanka's 9-236, but were soon in the box seat when Gautam Gambhir and MS Dhoni put together a 60-run stand.
With 12 overs remaining, India needed 68 for victory, an equation which became an equally straight-forward 59 off the final 10 with six wickets still in hand.
But the run out of Gambhir (91) changed the complexion of the match and with a steady stream of wickets and some tight Sri Lankan bowling, the asking rate suddenly was 24 off the final two overs and, at the death, a boundary to win off the last ball.
Dhoni's scooped three over off extra cover off Lasith Malinga ensured a gripping tie.
"(With) 10 overs to go they needed a run a ball so I'm sure they were disappointed," Jayawardene said.
"I was disappointed when we had one ball, four runs."
"But I'm happy with the two points after the amount of mistakes we made in the last few overs and the entire game."
Kumar Sangakkara's dropped dolly which briefly reprieved R Ashwin in the 48th over and Malinga's fluffed chance to run Dhoni out at the non-striker's end on the fourth ball of the final over were the two glaring blues in an otherwise fine defending performance in the field.
"Fielding got us into the game," Jayawardene said.
"The run outs and the way we stopped the ball, (we stopped) at least 20-25 runs in the field."
"On a bigger ground, we didn't give them easy twos."
Jayawardene turned to Angelo Mathews and Malinga to bowl the 49th and 50th overs respectively.
While Mathews' over went for 15 - including a waist-high no-ball full toss which Irfan Pathan swatted for six over deep square leg - Jayawardene was happy with his decision to entrust the blooming all-rounder with such a pressure task, and was particularly pleased with Malinga's efforts at the death.
"The more games these guys play, they'll become finishers and they'll take more responsibility," Jayawardene said of Mathews.
"That's probably why I had my gut feeling giving the ball to Angie in the 49th over - I feel he's ready to take more responsibility."
"Apart from those couple of bad balls, I thought he bowled a very, very good over. Let's put them in these situations ... let them learn."
"I thought he (Malinga) bowled beautifully. You love to have a guy like that in the team."
"You know he's going to deliver for you and he did in the last 3-4 overs and changed ends as well."
"He didn't give a single loose ball. He created the pressure for us, otherwise they probably would have finished the game in the 46th or 47th over. Lasith was the difference."
Jayawardene also praised the cool finishing abilities of his counterpart Dhoni (58 not out), who was named Man of the Match.
"You try and execute something that you have in your mind, but one inch here and there, a guy like MS could take you apart," Jayawardene said.
"It's not easy - he's cool, he's calm, he backs himself to get those 1-2 big overs at the end."
"He's a strong character ... we had to get his wicket early and we tried everything."
"We were close but not close enough."