‘If Rohit Sharma moves to RCB…’: AB de Villiers dwells on the ‘big move’ in IPL – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Former South African batsman AB de Villiers acknowledged that whereas this can be very unlikely, it will be an enormous headline-making transfer if Indian captain and Mumbai Indians (MI) star Rohit Sharma joined Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB).
The nice 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 relating to Rohit’s future with MI, the workforce 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 workforce as captain by the five-time champions final 12 months.
The majority of the workforce’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, then again, 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 greater than Hardik Pandya’s transfer. He moved from Gujarat Titans again to Mumbai, which though wasn’t massive a shock. But when Rohit strikes from Mumbai to affix his rivals in RCB…oh my god! I do not suppose there’s an possibility there. I don’t see a risk of MI leaving Rohit. I’ll give that zero or 0.1 per cent likelihood,” 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 fee of 131.14. He has scored two centuries and 43 fifties, with the perfect rating of 109*.