▁stated : ▁"[ The ] ▁famous ▁young ▁Indian ▁fairly ▁rose ▁to ▁the ▁occasion , ▁playing ▁an ▁inn ings ▁that ▁could , ▁without ▁ex agger ation , ▁be ▁fairly ▁described ▁as ▁mar v ell ous . ▁He   ... ▁pun ished ▁the ▁Australian ▁bow lers ▁in ▁a ▁style ▁that , ▁up ▁to ▁that ▁period ▁of ▁the ▁season , ▁no ▁other ▁English ▁b ats man ▁had ▁approached . ▁He ▁repeatedly ▁brought ▁off ▁his ▁wonderful ▁stro kes ▁on ▁the ▁leg ▁side , ▁and ▁for ▁a ▁while ▁had ▁the ▁Australian ▁bow lers ▁quite ▁at ▁his ▁mer cy ." ▁Although ▁Australia ▁won ▁the ▁match , ▁the ▁players ▁were ▁aston ished ▁by ▁the ▁way ▁Ran j its in h ji ▁batt ed . ▁Not ▁everyone ▁was ▁pleased ▁at ▁his ▁success . ▁Home ▁Gordon , ▁a ▁journalist , ▁pra ised ▁Ran j its in h ji ▁in ▁a ▁conversation ▁with ▁an ▁M CC ▁member ; ▁the ▁man ▁an gr ily ▁threatened ▁to ▁have ▁Gordon ▁exp elled ▁from ▁the ▁M CC ▁for ▁" h aving ▁the ▁dis g ust ing ▁deg ener acy ▁to ▁ ▁pra ise ▁a ▁dirty ▁black ." ▁Gordon ▁also ▁heard ▁other ▁M CC ▁members ▁compla ining ▁about ▁" a ▁n igger ▁showing ▁us ▁how ▁to ▁play ▁the ▁game ▁of ▁cr icket ". ▁ ▁Over ▁the ▁next ▁weeks , ▁Ran j its in h ji ▁lost ▁form , ▁and ▁after ▁failing ▁twice ▁in ▁the ▁third ▁Test , ▁missed ▁the ▁last ▁day ▁of ▁the ▁match ▁suffering ▁from ▁ast h ma , ▁but ▁he ▁scored ▁heavily ▁after ▁this . ▁After