Ambrosia Malone, Kaitlin Nobbs and Amy Lawton netted the goals for Australia in the shoot-out while Lalremsiami, Neha and Navneet Kaur missed India's chances.
Salima Tete (3'), Navneet Kaur (22') and Lalremsiami (51') found the back of the net for India, meanwhile, Brienne Stairs (23') and Hannah Haughn (39') scored for Canada
Giselle Ansley (3') Tess Howard (40'), Hannah Martin (53') found the back of the net for England and Vandana Katariya (60') was the only scorer for India.
The Men in Blue started the match superbly, with Abhishek scoring from a penalty corner in the very first minute of the match to hand Graham Reid's team an early lead.
The two teams will square off in a Pool B contest as they look to pick up their first win of the competition. India is placed in Pool B of the tournament along with Canada, England, Ghana, and Wales
New Delhi [India], July 30 (ANI): India's women's hockey team thoroughly outplayed Ghana, even as the Men's and Women's Table Tennis teams and boxer Shiva Thapa got off to a positive start, as day one of the competitions got underway at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games (CWG).