Rohit to RCB? De Villiers compares potential impact with Hardik's MI transfer

Legendary South African batter AB de Villiers said that if Mumbai Indians MI star and Indian skipper Rohit Sharma moves to Royal Challengers Bengaluru RCB in IPL 2025 it would be a massive headlinemaking move however it is highly unlikely to happenThe legends statement comes as IPL announced the rules and regulations related to retentions and auction format ahead of the next season in 2025 Also rumours in the media are swirling around Rohits future with MI with whom he won five IPL titles as a captainLast year the fivetime champions brought back allrounder Hardik Pandya to the franchise as a captain following his twoyearstint with Gujarat Titans GT which proved to be a controversial decisionThe decision did not meet the approval of the majority of the franchises fans who booed Hardik out of the stadium across India throughout the 2024 season accusing him of betraying Rohit who won so many titles for MI and made Hardik a starMI finished the last season at the bottom of the table with just four wins in 14 games and even Hardik underperformed throughout the tournament On the other side Rohit scored 417 runs in 14 matches with a century and fifty eachAlso Read Dubes injury opens door for Tilak Varma in upcoming Bangladesh T20I seriesSpeaking on his Youtube channel De Villiers said on this weeks latest episode of the 360 ShowThat will be quite a story if Rohit moves from Mumbai Indians to RCB Wow Imagine the headlines It will be bigger than Hardik Pandyas move He moved from Gujarat Titans back to Mumbai which although wasnt big a surprise But if Rohit moves from Mumbai to join his rivals in RCBoh my god I dont think there is an option there I do not see a possibility of MI leaving Rohit I will give that zero or 01 per cent chance he saidRohit is the thirdhighest rungetter in the tournament history with 6628 runs at an average of 2972 with a strike rate of 13114 He has scored two centuries and 43 fifties with the best score of 109Following a constructive dialogue with the owners of the 10 franchises in July at the BCCI Headquarters the IPL Governing Council GC met in Bengaluru on September 28 to decide the IPL Player Regulations 20252027The following decisions were taken in the IPL Governing Council meetingThe IPL franchises can retain a total of 6 players from their existing squad This can be either via retention or by using the Right to Match RTM option in IPL 2025It is at the discretion of the IPL franchise to choose their combination for Retentions and RTMs The 6 retentions RTMs can have a maximum of 5 capped players Indian amp Overseas and a maximum of 2 uncapped playersThe auction purse for the franchises has been set at INR 120 Crore for IPL 2025 The total salary cap will now consist of auction purse incremental performance pay and match fees Previously in 2024 the total salary cap auction purse incremental performance pay was Rs 110 Crs which will now be Rs 146 Crs 2025 Rs 151 Crs 2026 and Rs 157 Crs 2027A match fee has been introduced for the first time in the history of IPL Each Playing member Including the Impact Player will get a match fee of INR 75 Lakhs per match This will be in addition to his contracted amountAny Overseas Player will have to register for the Big Auction In case the overseas player doesnt register then he will be ineligible to register in the following years player auctionAny player who registers in the player auction and after getting picked at the auction makes himself unavailable before the start of the season will get banned from participating in the tournament and player auction for 2 SeasonsA capped Indian player will become uncapped if the player has in the last five calendar years preceding the year in which the relevant Season is held not played in the starting XI in International Cricket Test match ODI Twenty20 International or does not have a Central Contract with BCCI This will be applicable for Indian Players onlyThe Impact Player Regulation will continue for the 2025 to 2027 cycleWith agency inputs