India, April 13 -- Chennai Super Kings opener Sanju Samson said he went back to the basics after three batting failures as he set up his side's 23-run win over Delhi Capitals with an unbeaten hundred in the IPL here on Saturday.

Samson made 6, 7 and 9 in CSK's three losses in a row in the IPL 2026, before his 56-ball 115 not out, studded with 15 fours and four sixes, gave the home side their first win of the season.

"I failed a lot. Failing a lot tells you how to come back. Mentally, you think if you need to go hard or change the game-plan. You need to bring your body and mind to basics," Samson said at the post-match presentation. "Basics are to get in a mentally different zone.

We need to come back to timing the ball, and watching it...