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IPL 2025: Rohit Sharma To Royal Challengers Bengaluru? Former RCB Star Shuts Down Rumours

Former South Africa cricketer AꦦB de Villiers believes if Rohit Sharma decides to make the move from Mumbai Indians to Royal Challengers Bengaluru for the upcoming Indian Premier League season, it could potentially t♔urn out to be the biggest transfer in the history of the league

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Former South Africa cricketer AB de Villiers believes if Rohit Sharma decides to make the move from Mumbai Indians to Royal Challengers Bengaluru for the upcoming Indian Premier League season, it could potentially turn out to be the biggest transfer in the history of the league. (More Cricket News)

The 40-year-old, reacting to the Rohit Sharma leaving Mumbai rumours, said that it would grab all the limelight and he෴adlines. 

Hardik Pandya was h🗹anded over the captaincy after Rohit was sacked from the positi𒉰on last season at the franchise. 

During a live Question and Answer session on de Villiers’ YouTube channel, he spoke about the potential Rohit Sh🎃arma transf๊er. 

The former Royal Challengers Bengaluru leg🍰end said that he does not see the move going throuᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚgh given the Rohit's commitment to the franchise.

"I almost laughed at the Rohit comment. That will be quite a story if Rohit moves from Mumbai Indians to RCB. Wow! Imagine the headlines. It will be bigger than Hardik Pandya's move. He moved from Gujarat Titans back to Mumbaꦬi, which although wasn't big a surprise," De Villiers said on You🧔tube.

Coming to the mega auction, each franchise will 🎀be allowed to retain a maximum of six players, in which at least one player should be under the uncapped bracket. 

However, the choice of utilisation is left to the teams - 🎶three retentions and three RTMs, four retentions and two RTMs and so forth.

According to several reports, the price brackets for retentions are 18 crore, 14 c🐠rore, 11 crore, 18 crore, 14 crore, 4 crore (un⛄capped).

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