▁Indians ▁in ▁British ▁political ▁life . ▁Bat eman ' s ▁assess ment ▁is ▁less ▁sympath etic ▁to ▁Harris : ▁" the ▁high - mind ed ▁imperial ist ▁Lord ▁Harris , ▁who ▁had ▁just ▁returned ▁from ▁a ▁spell ▁of ▁colonial ▁duty ▁in ▁India , ▁opposed ▁his ▁qual ification ▁for ▁England ▁on ▁the ▁grounds ▁of ▁race ." ▁ ▁Even ▁so , ▁the ▁decision ▁to ▁o mit ▁Ran j its in h ji ▁took ▁a ▁long ▁time , ▁proved ▁un pop ular ▁when ▁it ▁was ▁made ▁and ▁led ▁to ▁discussion ▁in ▁the ▁press . ▁The ▁Times ▁correspond ent ▁commented ▁during ▁the ▁first ▁Test : ▁" There ▁was ▁some ▁feeling ▁about ▁K . ▁S . ▁Ran j its in h ji ' s ▁absence , ▁but ▁although ▁the ▁Indian ▁Prince ▁has ▁lear nt ▁all ▁his ▁cr icket ▁in ▁England ▁he ▁could ▁scarcely , ▁if ▁the ▁title ▁of ▁the ▁match ▁were ▁to ▁be ▁ad her ed ▁to , ▁have ▁been ▁included ▁in ▁the ▁English ▁eleven ", ▁but ▁The ▁Field ▁supported ▁his ▁inclusion . ▁Meanwhile , ▁Ran j its in h ji ' s ▁good ▁form ▁continued . ▁The ▁team ▁for ▁the ▁second ▁Test ▁was ▁chosen ▁by ▁a ▁different ▁committee , ▁and ▁Ran j its in h ji ▁was ▁included , ▁probably ▁for ▁financial ▁reasons ▁to ▁attract ▁more ▁spect ators . ▁The ▁b ats man ▁ins isted ▁that ▁he ▁would ▁only ▁play ▁if ▁the ▁Australian ▁team ▁had ▁no ▁ob jections , ▁but ▁the ▁Australian ▁captain ▁was ▁pleased ▁that ▁the ▁Indian ▁would ▁be ▁included . ▁Disc uss ion ▁continued ▁in