MUMBAI:A cricket bat clutched tightly in a grieving mother’s hands has become the most poignant symbol of a young life cut short.Heartbreaking visuals emerged on Wednesday of Juhi Srivastav, mother of 11-year-old Vihaan Srivastav, who died after a tree crashed onto the school van he was traveling in on Chembur’s Road No. 11 on Tuesday afternoon.In the video, an inconsolable Juhi sits in silence, holding her son’s cricket bat close as relatives and neighbours gather around to console her. Overwhelmed by grief, she remains almost motionless, her silence conveying a loss too profound for words.Vihaan, the couple’s only child, was a passionate cricket lover who spent every evening playing with friends in the housing society where the family lived. His sudden death has left the close-knit community in deep shock.The Srivastavs, who live at Kukreja Residency in Chembur, remembered Vihaan as a cheerful, affectionate boy whose absence will be deeply felt.“All the children here share a close bond. They play cricket together every evening. I have no words to describe Juhi’s pain. When I met her, she told me, ‘Bhabhi, tell Harshu that Vihaan will never play cricket with him again.’ Hearing those words broke my heart,” said Samruddhi Kate, a Shiv Sena corporator and resident of the society.She added, “His father, Gaurav, is completely shattered and feels helpless. Nothing anyone says can lessen their grief. We can only pray that the family finds the strength to endure this unimaginable loss.”What should have been an ordinary journey home from school ended in an unimaginable tragedy, leaving behind a cricket bat, a devastated family and a neighbourhood mourning a child whose dreams were cut short in an instant.