The 20-year-old Harsheel, who reached the quarterfinals at Syed Modi International Grand Prix Gold last year in Lucknow, saw off Malaysia's Zii Jia Lee 21-19 21-17 in little over half an hour.
Pratul, who clinched the Bahrain International title last year, saw off Singapore's Zin Rei Ryan Ng 15-21 21-16 24-22 in a hard-fought battle in the men's singles competition.
Unheralded Hemanth M Gowda also reached the second round, beating Indonesia's Yehezkiel Fritz Mainaky 21-14 21-15 in another match.
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