its in h ji ▁was ▁more ▁likely ▁to ▁fill ▁in ▁normal ▁circumstances . ▁Wil de ▁writes : ▁"[ S ever al ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁team ] ▁failed ▁to ▁play ▁their ▁part , ▁not ably ▁Ran ji , ▁whose ▁ab ject ▁performance ▁was ▁in ▁marked ▁contrast ▁to ▁his ▁former ▁days ▁of ▁splend our . ▁The ▁real ▁reason ▁for ▁his ▁poor ▁performance ▁has ▁remained ▁the ▁knowledge ▁of ▁only ▁a ▁very ▁few . ▁At ▁the ▁time , ▁a ▁pol ite ▁ve il ▁was ▁drawn ▁over ▁his ▁failure , ▁but ▁he ▁was ▁never ▁to ▁play ▁for ▁England ▁again ." ▁In ▁ 1 5 ▁Test ▁matches , ▁all ▁against ▁Australia , ▁he ▁scored ▁ 9 8 9 ▁runs ▁at ▁an ▁average ▁of ▁ 4 4 . 9 6 . ▁ ▁After ▁the ▁Test , ▁Ran j its in h ji ▁played ▁only ▁a ▁few ▁more ▁games ▁that ▁season . ▁After ▁two ▁batt ing ▁fail ures ▁for ▁Sus sex , ▁he ▁dropped ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁team , ▁even ▁though ▁the ▁side ▁were ▁in ▁cont ention ▁for ▁the ▁County ▁Championship , ▁eventually ▁finishing ▁second . ▁Part ▁of ▁the ▁reason ▁may ▁have ▁been ▁to ▁pre - empt ▁his ▁om ission ▁from ▁the ▁England ▁team ▁for ▁the ▁final ▁Test , ▁a ▁match ▁he ▁attended ▁as ▁a ▁spect ator , ▁but ▁he ▁did ▁not ▁return ▁to ▁Sus sex ▁after ▁the ▁match . ▁The ▁press ▁spec ulated ▁he ▁had ▁walked ▁out ▁on ▁the ▁team ; ▁among ▁the ▁reasons ▁suggested ▁were ▁disappoint ment ▁with ▁the ▁performances ▁of ▁the ▁side , ▁diss atisf action ▁with ▁the