Swami Vivekanand are determined to better their second-place finish. Like Al Barkaat, the Kandivli school have eight players from the last team and coach Shyamji Kanojiya sounded positive about their title prospects. "We have a balanced bunch of talented cricketers like left-arm spinner Hitenshu Kamdar and wicketkeeper-batsman Shreyash Hirelekar. We are only lacking match practice as we did not get to play matches this time" said Kanojiya.

Al Barkaat open their campaign against Dominic Savio on November 21, while SVIS will clash with St John's (Borivli) on November 22. Last year's losing semi-finalists Rizvi Springfield are also ready to challenge for the title. "Almost the entire team is a new bunch because around 10 players passed out of school last year. But the players replacing them were part of our U-14 Giles Shield-winning team last year, so I'm sure we will put up a good fight," said Rizvi coach Raju Pathak, whose side have won the prestigious U-16 inter-school title a massive 14 times.

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