Senior archers were largely ineffective as Jadhav was the best among the Tokyo-returned trio finishing with 669 points to take the fourth spot while World Cup gold medalist Atanu Das came a lowly eighth and seniormost Army archery Rai narrowly made the cut finishing 15th.
Both players were locked 5-5 but Shanny, who is 15 years younger to Rai, sealed the match 10-9 with a perfect score in the shoot-off.
The Indian men's archery team will face Kazakshtan in their round-of-16 match on July 26.
Earlier women's World No. 1 Deepika Kumari finished 9th with 663 points and her aggregate added with Pravin's 653 placed India ninth in the mixed team rankings with a sum of 1319 points.
Indian archers are set to begin their Tokyo Games campaign with the rankings round. The quartet of Deepika Kumari, Atanu Das, Tarundeep Rai and Pravin Jadhav entered the mega-event with renewed hopes of winning the country's first Olympic medal in the sport.
The Indian archery contingent secured 1 silver and two bronze medals at the World Championships in The Netherlands.
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