‘If Rohit Sharma strikes to RCB…’: AB de Villiers dwells on the ‘large transfer’ in IPL

NEW DELHI: Former South African batsman AB de Villiers said that whereas this can be very unlikely, it might be an enormous headline-making transfer if Indian captain and Mumbai Indians (MI) star Rohit Sharma joined Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB).
The good made his remarks forward of the 2025 IPL season, which can see the announcement of the league’s retention insurance policies and public sale format. As well as, there are rumors circulating within the media concerning Rohit’s future with MI, the crew he captained to 5 IPL titles.
Following his two-year spell with Gujarat Titans (GT), all-rounder Hardik Pandya was controversially known as again to the crew as captain by the five-time champions final 12 months.
The majority of the crew’s supporters disapproved of the selection, and throughout the 2024 season, they jeered Hardik out of Indian stadiums, accusing him of betraying Rohit, who helped MI win quite a few titles and turned Hardik right into a family title.
With simply 4 wins in 14 video games, MI accomplished the earlier season on the backside of the desk, and even Hardik struggled throughout the competitors. Rohit, alternatively, amassed 417 runs in 14 matches, together with 100 and a fifty.
Talking on his Youtube channel, De Villiers stated on this week’s newest episode of the ‘360 Present’.
“That will probably be fairly a narrative if Rohit strikes from Mumbai Indians to RCB. Wow! Think about the headlines. It is going to be larger than Hardik Pandya’s transfer. He moved from Gujarat Titans again to Mumbai, which though wasn’t large a shock. But when Rohit strikes from Mumbai to affix his rivals in RCB…oh my god! I do not assume there’s an possibility there. I don’t see a chance of MI leaving Rohit. I’ll give that zero or 0.1 per cent probability,” he stated.
Rohit is the third-highest run-getter within the match historical past, with 6,628 runs at a median of 29.72, with a strike price of 131.14. He has scored two centuries and 43 fifties, with the very best rating of 109*.