The most successful Indian compound pair of Abhishek and Jyothi have a handful of World Cup bronze medals, and their best has been a World Cup Final silver at Yankton last year.
Verma and Jyothi extended their lead to five points in the third round which proved decisive, even as their rivals levelled it 38-38 in the final set of arrows.
India's recurve archers will be up against Chinese Taipei on Sunday.
Shrugging off their disappointment in the team events, the recurve mixed pair of Tarundeep Rai and Ridhi Phor downed Spain 5-3 to advance to the final and confirm a second medal for India in the Archery World Cup Stage 1 on Friday.
In the absence of an Indian recurve coach, the couple struggled under cold and overcast conditions here on Friday.
The seventh-seeded women's team, comprising Priya Gurjar, Muskan Kirar and Jyothi Surekha, held its nerves in a close battle with Linda Ochoa-Anderson, Paige Pearce and Makenna Proctor on Wednesday.
Deepika Kumari on Sunday bagged three gold medals at the World Cup Stage 3, an unprecedented sweep for the country ahead of the much-awaited Tokyo Olympics.
Star Indian archer Deepika Kumari on Monday regained the number one position in global rankings following her hat-trick of gold medals at the World Cup Stage 3.
Deepika blanked Russia's Elena Osipova 6-0 in the final of the women's individual recurve event to complete a hat-trick of gold medals in one day.
Deepika and Atanu bounced back from a 0-2 deficit to down the Netherland's Sjef van den Berg and Gabriela Schloesser 5-3 and fetch India a third gold medal from the competition.
Deepika, Ankita and Komalika wins Gold for India in Women's team Recurve at the ongoing Archery World Cup Stage 3 in Paris.
World number three Deepika is also in the hunt for a second medal, having advanced to the individual semi-final for the second successive time this year.
In their first international competition in about two years, the Indian compound archers appeared rusty.
Former world number one Deepika claimed her career's third individual World Cup gold, while her husband Das grabbed his first-ever World Cup individual medal in style winning the men's recurve individual final.
This was India's fifth recurve women’s team gold in World Cup having won in Shanghai- 2011, Medellin-2013, Wroclaw-2013 and 2014 previously.
The women's team will take on seventh-seed Mexico in the gold medal clash on Sunday.
Deepika, who qualified as the number three seed, displayed some incredible shooting to down German archer Michelle Kroppen in straight sets.
In the women's individual recurve qualification round, Ankita Bhakat shot 673 points to finish second in the group. Deepika Kumari scored 671 to finish third.
The tournament serves as a preparation for the Tokyo Olympics in less than 100 days and the Indian men's team which has qualified will look to make the most of it.
The first stage of the series will go on till April 25 after which it moves to Shanghai from May 17 to 23.
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