its in h ji ▁fell ▁ill ▁with ▁qu ins y ▁and ▁would ▁have ▁been ▁un fit ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁Test ▁but ▁for ▁heavy ▁rain ▁which ▁post pon ed ▁the ▁start ▁for ▁three ▁days . ▁When ▁the ▁match ▁began , ▁Ran j its in h ji ▁batt ed ▁towards ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁day ▁and , ▁still ▁weak ▁from ▁his ▁ill ness , ▁played ▁carefully ; ▁he ▁was ▁exha usted ▁after ▁scoring ▁ 3 9 ▁not ▁out . ▁The ▁next ▁morning , ▁as ▁England ▁lost ▁w ick ets , ▁he ▁attacked ▁the ▁bow lers ▁and ▁took ▁his ▁score ▁to ▁ 1 7 5 , ▁scoring ▁mainly ▁from ▁cut s ▁and ▁leg ▁gl ances . ▁He ▁batt ed ▁for ▁ 2 1 5 ▁minutes ▁and ▁reached ▁the ▁highest ▁score ▁for ▁England ▁in ▁Test ▁matches ; ▁the ▁record ▁last ed ▁for ▁six ▁years . ▁England ▁won ▁the ▁match ▁by ▁nine ▁w ick ets , ▁but ▁this ▁was ▁their ▁only ▁success ▁of ▁the ▁series . ▁ ▁Ran j its in h ji ' s ▁health ▁remained ▁poor , ▁but ▁he ▁played ▁in ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁the ▁series . ▁He ▁scored ▁a ▁half - century ▁in ▁one ▁inn ings ▁of ▁each ▁of ▁the ▁next ▁three ▁Test s , ▁each ▁time ▁facing ▁a ▁large ▁Australian ▁total . ▁He ▁and ▁Arch ie ▁Mac L aren ▁were ▁the ▁only ▁two ▁tour ists ▁to ▁come ▁to ▁terms ▁with ▁the ▁conditions ▁and ▁bow ling ; ▁despite ▁being ▁label led ▁a ▁poor ▁st arter ▁by ▁the ▁press , ▁Ran j its in h