▁Cambridge ▁season ▁over , ▁Ran j its in h ji ' s ▁batt ing ▁average ▁of ▁ 2 9 . 9 0 ▁placed ▁him ▁third ▁in ▁the ▁side ' s ▁aver ages , ▁with ▁five ▁scores ▁over ▁ 4 0 . ▁He ▁took ▁nin ete en ▁catch es , ▁mainly ▁at ▁s lip . ▁Such ▁was ▁his ▁impact ▁that ▁Ran j its in h ji ▁was ▁selected ▁in ▁representative ▁games , ▁playing ▁for ▁the ▁Gent le men ▁against ▁the ▁Play ers ▁at ▁the ▁O val ▁and ▁for ▁a ▁team ▁combining ▁past ▁and ▁present ▁players ▁for ▁both ▁Oxford ▁and ▁Cambridge ▁Univers ities ▁against ▁the ▁Austral ians , ▁scoring ▁a ▁total ▁of ▁ 5 0 ▁runs ▁in ▁three ▁inn ings . ▁ ▁Following ▁his ▁success ▁at ▁cr icket , ▁Ran j its in h ji ▁was ▁more ▁widely ▁accepted ▁within ▁Tr inity . ▁His ▁new - found ▁popular ity ▁led ▁to ▁the ▁creation ▁by ▁his ▁friends ▁of ▁a ▁nick name ; ▁finding ▁his ▁name ▁difficult , ▁they ▁initially ▁dub bed ▁him ▁" Smith ", ▁then ▁short ened ▁his ▁full ▁name ▁to ▁" R an ji ", ▁which ▁remained ▁with ▁him ▁for ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁his ▁life . ▁At ▁this ▁time , ▁Ran j its in h ji ▁may ▁have ▁further ed ▁rum ours ▁of ▁his ▁royal ▁background ▁or ▁great ▁wealth , ▁and ▁he ▁was ▁further ▁encourag ed ▁to ▁spend ▁money ▁to ▁entertain ▁others ▁and ▁rein force ▁the ▁impression ▁of ▁his ▁status . ▁Several ▁English ▁first - class ▁count ies ▁made ▁en qui ries ▁over ▁his