Manika Batra hardly broke a sweat in her 11-3, 11-5, 11-3 victory over Erandi Warusawithana in the first singles before Sutirtha Mukherjee made it 2-0 up for India with an easy 11-5 11-8 11-4 win against Ishara Manikku Badu.
Mirabai Chanu, the weightlifter from Manipur, left the competition far behind by setting Games and Commonwealth records in the snatch, clean and jerk as well as the total.
Earlier, P Gururaja claimed a silver medal in the men's 56kg event to open India's medal account in the quadrennial extravaganza.
Neither of Chanu and Gururaja's physios were by their side to take care of their aches and niggles during a demanding day.
India's Mirabai Chanu on Thursday won the Gold medal in women's 48 kg weightlifting with a total lift of 196 kg at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2018 in Gold Coast, Australia. She also set six Commonwealth and Commonwealth Games records.
P Gururaja hails from a small village in Karnataka and could hardly stop smiling after winning the silver medal in men's 56kg category. Gururaja equalled his personal best of 249kg (111kg+138kg) to finish second.
Srikanth beat Sri Lanka's Niluka Karunaratne 21-16, 21-10 in straight games to clinch the men's singles match while Saina outshone Madushika Dilrukshi Beruwelage 21-8, 21-4 in the women's singles match.
Weightlifter Gururaja opened India's account at the ongoing 2018 Commonwealth Games with a silver in Men's 56kg category.
Here's the list of events where the India sportspersons will participate on Day 1 in the Commonwealth Games 2018 at Gold Coast, Australia.
The women's team had last won a Commonwealth Games gold in 2002 followed by a silver in 2006.
Ghosal, who had lost the bronze medal play-off in Glasgow four years ago, gets another shot at making history.
The Indian contingent, led by flag-bearer Olympic silver-medallist P V Sindhu walked out to a warm reception from the nearly 25,000 strong crowd which filled up the stadium that will also host the athletics event as well.
India have been accorded the top seed this time and are clubbed with Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Scotland in Group A.
The Indian contingent, led by flag-bearer Olympic silver-medallist PV Sindhu walked out to a warm reception from the nearly 25,000 strong crowd.
The colorful souvenir edition lists the English capital as Banjul (instead of London), locates it in the Africa region and notes its population as slightly more than 2 million.
More than 4,500 athletes from 71 nations and territories will be vying for 275 gold medals at the multi-sport event.
With their team doctor Amol Patil let off with a reprimand in the needle controversy, the boxers heaved a sigh of relief and focus was back on the sport.
India have left their mark in every field and this time, all the hopes lie on the star players to bring home plenty of silverware.
The CGF court ruled that the Indian doctor had erred in not disposing the syringes as mandated by the 'No Needle Policy of the Games.
For the Indians though, the mood-killer has been the needle controversy even though the Commonwealth Games Federation has not named the country.
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