▁the ▁press ▁over ▁how ▁appropriate ▁it ▁was ▁that ▁he ▁should ▁play ▁for ▁England , ▁but ▁from ▁that ▁point , ▁Ran j its in h ji ▁was ▁considered ▁el ig ible ▁to ▁play ▁for ▁England . ▁The ▁controvers y ▁may ▁have ▁ups et ▁Ran j its in h ji ▁as ▁his ▁form ▁wa ver ed ▁while ▁the ▁first ▁Test ▁was ▁played ▁and ▁on ▁his ▁next ▁appearance ▁at ▁Lord ' s , ▁before ▁the ▁M CC ▁committee , ▁he ▁made ▁a ▁pointed ▁attack ▁on ▁the ▁bow ling ▁in ▁a ▁rapid ▁inn ings ▁of ▁ 4 7 . ▁ ▁Ran j its in h ji ▁made ▁his ▁Test ▁debut ▁on ▁ 1 6 ▁July ▁ 1 8 9 6 . ▁After ▁a ▁c aut ious ▁ 6 2 ▁in ▁his ▁first ▁inn ings , ▁he ▁batt ed ▁again ▁when ▁England ▁followed ▁on , ▁ 1 8 1 ▁runs ▁behind . ▁After ▁the ▁second ▁day , ▁he ▁had ▁scored ▁ 4 2 ▁and ▁on ▁the ▁final ▁morning , ▁he ▁scored ▁ 1 1 3 ▁runs ▁before ▁the ▁l unch ▁interval , ▁surv iving ▁a ▁fast , ▁host ile ▁spell ▁from ▁Jones ▁and ▁playing ▁many ▁sh ots ▁on ▁the ▁leg ▁side ▁to ▁reach ▁the ▁first ▁century ▁scored ▁that ▁season ▁against ▁the ▁tour ists . ▁His ▁final ▁score ▁was ▁ 1 5 4 ▁not ▁out , ▁and ▁the ▁next ▁highest ▁score ▁for ▁England ▁on ▁the ▁last ▁day ▁was ▁ 1 9 . ▁He ▁was ▁given ▁an ▁enthus i astic ▁reception ▁by ▁the ▁crowd ▁and ▁the ▁report ▁in ▁Wis den