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Captain Inzamam-ul-Haq is confident Pakistan can make amends for their mauling in Rawalpindi when they face India in Monday's third one-dayer, reports BBC.
The teams go to Lahore level at 1-1 in the five-game series after India's seven-wicket triumph Saturday.
Inzamam will have to do without paceman Shoaib Akhtar, who is out with an ankle injury, but he remains upbeat.
"Getting beaten in one match doesn't make a big difference. This team is capable of fighting back," he said.
"The series is still open and the team that fields well in the remaining games will run away with victory.
The Indians have a concern of their own, with off-spinner Harbhajan Singh again doubtful with an injured finger.
Without him, his team claimed their first win of the tour in Peshawar when they chased a target of 266 with consummate ease.
Captain Rahul Dravid was buoyed by the performance but is refusing to get carried away.
"Definitely 1-1 is better than being 2-0 down, there is no doubt about that," he said. "But we still have to focus on playing good cricket.
"We played some good cricket to win but it doesn't mean that we can turn up the next day in a hope that we will win - we have to play well in the remaining matches."
Meanwhile, Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has been ruled out of the remaining three one-day internationals of the five-match series against India.
Shoaib's ankle injury was thought to have recovered in time for him to make Sunday's match after he had missed the first two games in the series.
But captain Inzamam-ul-Haq revealed the bad news: "Doctors have advised that he should rest for four to six weeks."
"He bowled for a while in the nets today but the injury has not healed."
Inzamam added "Obviously Shoaib's forced absence is a big setback for us in this important series.
"But he didn't play in the first two games and his absence should motivate the boys to raise their game."
Shoaib performed brilliantly against England before Christmas but the ankle injury cropped up in the early part of the Test series against India.
He was not at his most effective in those matches, which were played on wickets that favoured batsmen, but tried his heart out.
Pakistan: Inzamam-ul Haq (capt), Salman Butt, Kamran Akmal, Younis Khan, Mohammad Yousuf, Shoaib Malik, Shahid Afridi, Abdul Razzaq, Imran Farhat, Faisal Iqbal, Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, Shoaib Akhtar, Umar Gul, Arshad Khan, Yasir Arafat, Mohammad Asif.
India: Rahul Dravid (capt), Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, Mohammad Kaif, Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina, Mahendra Dhoni, Irfan Pathan, Ajit Agarkar, Zaheer Khan, Rudra Pratap Singh, Shanathakumaran Sreesanth, Murali Kartik, Harbhajan Singh, Ramesh Powar.
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