▁did ▁he ▁make ▁any ▁attempt ▁to ▁return ▁to ▁India , ▁despite ▁his ▁ass ur ances ▁to ▁V ib h aj i . ▁Instead , ▁his ▁developing ▁friendship ▁with ▁Billy ▁Mur do ch ▁and ▁C . ▁B . ▁F ry ▁led ▁to ▁Ran j its in h ji ▁becoming ▁interested ▁in ▁playing ▁cr icket ▁for ▁Sus sex . ▁Mur do ch , ▁the ▁Sus sex ▁captain , ▁wished ▁to ▁increase ▁his ▁team ' s ▁playing ▁strength . ▁It ▁is ▁likely ▁that , ▁although ▁he ▁would ▁play ▁as ▁an ▁amateur , ▁the ▁club ▁offered ▁Ran j its in h ji ▁a ▁financial ▁indu cement , ▁as ▁was ▁common ▁for ▁leading ▁am ateurs ; ▁given ▁his ▁mon et ary ▁difficulties ▁and ▁unw illing ness ▁to ▁return ▁home , ▁he ▁was ▁unlikely ▁to ▁refuse ▁the ▁offer . ▁However , ▁these ▁arrang ements ▁came ▁too ▁late ▁for ▁Ran j its in h ji ▁to ▁play ▁for ▁the ▁county ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 4 , ▁and ▁his ▁cr icket ▁that ▁year ▁was ▁limited ▁to ▁matches ▁for ▁the ▁Mary le bone ▁Cr icket ▁Club ▁( M CC ), ▁festival ▁games ▁and ▁benefit ▁matches . ▁Con sequently , ▁he ▁could ▁neither ▁find ▁any ▁batt ing ▁form ▁nor ▁build ▁on ▁his ▁achiev ements ▁of ▁the ▁previous ▁year . ▁Although ▁struggling ▁to ▁bat ▁against ▁off ▁spin ▁in ▁one ▁game , ▁he ▁scored ▁ 9 4 ▁while ▁sharing ▁a ▁partners hip ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 ▁runs ▁with ▁W . ▁G . ▁Grace ▁in ▁another . ▁In ▁eight ▁first - class ▁games ,