Clinical knocks from Shubham Mestry (97) and Alsaad Shaikh (70 retired out) coupled with an excellent bowling show by Aman Manihar (3-2) and Farhan Shaikh (3-5) helped defending champions Rizvi Springfield (Bandra) win their opening U-16 Harris Shield knockout round encounter by a resounding 175 runs against Shardashram Vidyamandir English School (Dadar) at PJ Hindu Gymkhana yesterday.

Rizvi's Aman Manihar (left) and Farhan Shaikh yesterday Pic/ Binaisha M Surti