h ji ▁in ▁these ▁matches . ▁That ▁June , ▁watched ▁by ▁Ran j its in h ji , ▁Cambridge ▁were ▁defeated ▁by ▁Oxford ▁in ▁the ▁University ▁Match ; ▁Mal col m ▁J ard ine , ▁an ▁Oxford ▁b ats man , ▁hit ▁ 1 4 0 ▁runs , ▁many ▁with ▁a ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁leg ▁glance ; ▁Jackson ▁would ▁not ▁alter ▁his ▁tact ics ▁and ▁J ard ine ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁score ▁easy ▁runs . ▁ ▁That ▁winter , ▁Jackson ▁had ▁taken ▁part ▁in ▁a ▁cr icket ▁tour ▁of ▁India , ▁where ▁he ▁was ▁im pressed ▁by ▁the ▁standard ▁of ▁cr icket . ▁When ▁he ▁observed , ▁at ▁the ▁start ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 8 9 3 ▁cr icket ▁season , ▁the ▁dedic ation ▁with ▁which ▁Ran j its in h ji ▁was ▁pract ising ▁in ▁the ▁n ets ▁to ▁increase ▁his ▁concentration ▁against ▁the ▁highly ▁regarded ▁professional ▁bow lers ▁Tom ▁Richard son ▁and ▁Bill ▁Lock wood , ▁Jackson ▁asked ▁Lock wood ▁for ▁his ▁opinion . ▁Lock wood ▁noted ▁how ▁much ▁Ran j its in h ji ▁had ▁improved ▁through ▁practice ▁and ▁told ▁Jackson ▁he ▁believed ▁Ran j its in h ji ▁was ▁better ▁than ▁several ▁players ▁in ▁the ▁University ▁team . ▁Then , ▁Ran j its in h ji ' s ▁early ▁form ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 3 , ▁scoring ▁heavily ▁for ▁Tr inity ▁and ▁performing ▁reason ably ▁well ▁in ▁a ▁trial ▁match , ▁convinced ▁Jackson . ▁He ▁made ▁his ▁first - class ▁debut ▁for ▁Cambridge ▁on ▁ 8 ▁May ▁