Kiran Ashar at Shivaji Park where he played and coached

A Don Bradman of school cricket in Mumbai bid goodbye to us all last week. A five-month stint in hospital was his marathon innings. He faced a type of bowling he had never faced before. He showed patches of brilliance, he ducked, weaved and embraced hope, but the infection caused after a brain haemorrhage, apart from a heart and kidney ailment, proved to be invincible.