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South Africa batting coach Ashwell Prince blamed their struggles on “inconsistency of the bounce” and the “trust” deficit it created on a tricky Eden Gardens surface as India took the opening-day honours.

“Quite often what can happen is that when you expect batters to get to 20, 30 and grow in confidence, I don’t particularly believe that any of the batters grew in confidence because of the inconsistency of the bounce,” Prince said the erratic bounce prevented his batters from ever feeling settled, even after getting starts.

“What can happen is that you don’t trust the surface as much as you should after spending an hour at the crease.”