▁at ▁ 4 2 . 8 1 , ▁placing ▁him ▁e ighth ▁in ▁the ▁aver ages . ▁Ran j its in h ji ' s ▁last ▁first - class ▁cr icket ▁came ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 0 ; ▁having ▁lost ▁an ▁eye ▁in ▁a ▁hunting ▁accident , ▁he ▁played ▁only ▁three ▁matches ▁and ▁found ▁he ▁could ▁not ▁focus ▁on ▁the ▁ball ▁properly . ▁Poss ibly ▁prompt ed ▁by ▁embar rass ment ▁at ▁his ▁performance , ▁he ▁later ▁claimed ▁his ▁sole ▁motiv ation ▁for ▁returning ▁was ▁to ▁write ▁a ▁book ▁about ▁batt ing ▁with ▁one ▁eye ; ▁such ▁a ▁book ▁was ▁never ▁published . ▁ ▁In ▁total , ▁Ran j its in h ji ▁scored ▁ 2 4 , 6 9 2 ▁runs ▁at ▁an ▁average ▁of ▁ 5 6 . 3 7 , ▁the ▁highest ▁career ▁average ▁of ▁a ▁b ats man ▁based ▁mainly ▁in ▁England ▁until ▁Geoff rey ▁Bo yc ott ▁retired ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 6 . ▁He ▁scored ▁ 7 2 ▁hundreds . ▁ ▁Jam ▁Sah ib ▁of ▁N aw an agar ▁ ▁Return ▁to ▁India ▁Despite ▁the ▁discovery ▁of ▁an ▁assass ination ▁plot ▁on ▁his ▁life , ▁in ▁which ▁Ran j its in h ji ▁was ▁imp licated , ▁J ass aj i ▁took ▁over ▁the ▁administration ▁of ▁N aw an agar ▁from ▁the ▁British ▁in ▁March ▁ 1 9 0 3 . ▁Roland ▁Wild ▁later ▁described ▁it ▁as ▁" the ▁sh atter ing ▁of ▁[ R an j its in h ji ' s ] ▁dream