Rohit Sharma has been conferred with the Padma Shri award, India’s fourth-highest civilian award. The former India men’s cricket team all-format captain was presented with the honour by President Droupadi Murmu at the Padma Awards 2026 during the second Civil Investiture Ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on June 23.
Rohit Sharma conferred with Padma Shri
A total of 65 honours were conferred during the second phase of the investiture proceedings. In the first phase, on May 26, Indian women’s cricket team captain Harmanpreet Kaur was conferred with the Padma Shri award. Seven other athletes – in tennis, field hockey, athletics, martial arts, and wrestling – were among the recipients.
Rohit is one of five Indian cricketers to play over 500 matches and the fifth-most-capped captain. The opener has the fourth-most runs (20,252) across formats, the third-most in ODI cricket (11,720), and the most in T20I cricket (4,231). However, his biggest accomplishment is winning the T20 World Cup 2024 and the Champions Trophy 2025 as India’s captain.
Padma Awards 2026: Sports winners list
| Sportsperson | Sport | Award |
|---|---|---|
| Vijay Amritraj | Tennis | Padma Bhushan |
| Baldev Singh | Field Hockey | Padma Shri |
| Bhagwandas Raikwar | Martial Arts | Padma Shri |
| Harmanpreet Kaur | Cricket | Padma Shri |
| K Pajanivel | Martial Arts | Padma Shri |
| Praveen Kumar | Athletics | Padma Shri |
| Rohit Sharma | Cricket | Padma Shri |
| Savita Punia | Field Hockey | Padma Shri |
| Vladimir Mestvirishvili (Posthumous) | Wrestling | Padma Shri |
Indian cricketers (men & women) to win Padma Shri award
- 1. Vijay Hazare – 1960
- 2. Jasu Patel – 1960
- 3. Nari Contractor – 1962
- 4. Polly Umrigar – 1962
- 5. Syed Mushtaq Ali – 1963
- 6. M.J. Gopalan – 1964
- 7. D.B. Deodhar – 1965
- 8. Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi – 1967
- 9. Chandu Borde – 1969
- 10. Bishan Singh Bedi – 1970
- 11. E.A.S Prasanna – 1970
- 12. Gundappa Vishwanath – 1971
- 13. B.S Chandrasekhar – 1972
- 14. Ajit Wadekar – 1972
- 15. Farokh Engineer – 1973
- 16. Pankaj Roy – 1975
- 17. Syed Kirmani – 1982
- 18. Kapil Dev – 1982
- 19. Chuni Goswami – 1984
- 20. Mohammad Shahid – 1986
- 21. Dilip Vengsarkar – 1987
- 22. Mohammad Azharuddin – 1988
- 23. Sachin Tendulkar – 1999
- 24. Diana Edulji – 2002
- 25. Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan – 2003
- 26. Rahul Dravid – 2004
- 27. Sourav Ganguly – 2004
- 28. Anil Kumble – 2005
- 29. MS Dhoni – 2009
- 30. Harbhajan Singh – 2009
- 31. Virender Sehwag – 2010
- 32. VVS Laxman – 2011
- 33. Jhulan Goswami – 2012
- 34. Yuvraj Singh – 2014
- 35. Mithali Raj – 2015
- 36. Virat Kohli – 2017
- 37. Gautam Gambhir – 2019
- 38. Zaheer Khan – 2020
- 39. Gurcharan Singh – 2023
- 40. Ravichandran Ashwin – 2025
- 41. Harmanpreet Kaur – 2026
- 42. Rohit Sharma – 2026
