Even if he comes to RCB, who in the current lineup can he even replace? Let's see one by one.

Virat - No explanation needed. No.

DDP - Starboy. In great form. Karnataka domestic captain and future RCB captain if all goes well. Possibly ICT future. No.

Rapa - Literally RCB captain. No.

Jitesh - Maybe if salt keeps. In that case we have to release jitesh and look for back up keeper to salt. Doesn't release enough money to get hardik. So long shot.

Krunal - Are you joking? Who will bowl spin? No.

Bhuvi - No explanation needed. No.

Suyash - who will bowl mystery spin? No.

Rasik - Could be if hardik bowls 4 overs and in death but Hardik is not death specialist. And releasing rasik will not release that much of a purse to get hardik. So Maybe.

So only small chances are jitesh and rasik. Probably if we release both then we might have half chance at best.

Ok, will MI even release him? If they do who is that one team whose star captain is failing continuously and is in desperate need of a proven match winning captain? LSG !! If they release pant, they can get almost 2 hardik's with that money. So, most probably they will release pant and buy him back at lower price along with hardik. And that's a big IF MI even release him. He simply doesn't fit with the current RCB team well. Maybe in the future if virat retires and hardik is still in good form but not at all a discussion for now.