Narine was back to hitting big shots again as he scored 21 runs off 10 deliveries while Rana made 36 off 27.
Sunil Narine was undoubtedly the pick of the bowlers as he bagged a couple of wickets in his four overs and conceded only 18 runs.
The Royals ended their innings with the score of 164-5 and SRH replied with 167-3, earning a seven-wicket victory for Williamson's men.
Kaul was the one who dismissed RR skipper Samson who was in dangerous form on the day as he made 82 runs off just 57 deliveries.
While City won on aggregate in last season's meetings, Pep has warned that those results will have little bearing on the upcoming matches.
It was India's second straight defeat after losing the Group A opener to Thailand, and the final match is against Finland on Wednesday.
When the rain began to fall in Sochi, the Alpine driver was battling Red Bull's Sergio Perez for the final step on the podium.
Mumbai Indians were defeated by Royal Challengers Bangalore on Sunday after recording consecutive losses against CSK and KKR earlier.
Nawaz was a key member of FC Goa's set-up after playing an important role in the club's successful seasons in 2018-19 and 2019-20.
Not only did the match see Harshal Patel take a hat-trick, but Virat Kohli also became the first Indian to get 10,000 T20 runs.