The Indian bowling unit led by Bhuvneshar Kumar nicely matched Suryakumar Yadav's spectacular run with the bat as the visitors dominated Sri Lanka by 38 runs in the first T20 International on Sunday.
Sri Lanka lost their last six wickets for only 15 runs after reaching 111/4 in the 16th over.
Chahal gave his best in what will be his final international tryout before the T20 World Cup in front of IPL star and debutant mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy, who, according to rumour, may be the Indian team management's choice for the marquee tournament.
Chahal not only dislodged Dhanajaya de Silva with 10 dots apart from the 'jaffa delivery,' but he also bowled a magnificent 15th over that transformed the game for India with only three runs conceded.
Despite four more boundaries and a six from Akila Dananjaya over deep midwicket, the innings looked weak.
Surya's five fours and a six were crucial in launching Kishan and Hardik's last assault.
Dushmantha Chammera's (2/24 in 4 overs) outswinger found the edge of Prithvi Shaw's bat from the very first delivery, giving him a disappointing T20 International debut.
Before Wanindu Hasaranga (2/28 in 4 overs) trapped him with a googly, Sanju Samson (27 off 20 balls) smashed his typical six while batting like a king.
Surya was free-flowing as usual, hitting those whiplash on-drives, cover drives, and ramp shots that are a sight to behold against both pacers and spinners.
Surya's ability to pick all those back-of-the-hand slower deliveries from seamers Isuru Udana and Chamika Karunaratne was thrilling.
Udana was dismissed for a boundary with a classic sweep shot, while Karunaratne was slog swept for a six.
His dismissal did give India a chance to score more than 175 runs.