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Haaland, who bagged a Premier League season-record 36 goals and a total of 52 in all competitions for treble winners City last season, slotted his side in front after four minutes.
Debutant Yashavi Jaiswal (1) and Shubman Gill (6) got out cheaply in the run chase before the Mumbai Indian batter came up with a special 83 off 44 balls to help India gun down the target in 17.5 overs.
Pooran scored 61 as the hosts chased down a target of 153 with two wickets in hand.
The hosts won by 4 runs after scoring 149/6. Debutant Tilak Varma was the lone bright spot in India's batting.
Suryakumar, who is struggling to make his all-round game work in the 50-over format, will be looking to bat long and make a match-winning contribution.
Skipper Shai Hope's 43 was the top score for the hosts as only two other batters were able to cross the double digit mark.
Former captains Nicholas Pooran and Jason Holder were not available for selection, while all-rounder Keemo Paul missed out with injury.
Cricket West Indies also announced an 18-member squad for the preparatory camp ahead of the two-match series.
Sikandar Raza's impressive all-round show (68 off 58 and 2/36) helped Zimbabwe win by 35 runs in a group A match of the ICC Mens Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2023 match.
LSG omitted attacking wicketkeeper-opener Quinton de Kock from their playing XI and it turned out to be a big blunder.