Rohit Sharma & Harmanpreet Kaur conferred with Padma Shri Award 2026

Rohit Sharma led India to ICC Champions Trophy 2025 last year.

2025 was a wonderful year for Rohit Sharma as a captain. In March, he led Indian Cricket Team to ICC Champions Trophy by defeating New Zealand in the final. Being unbeaten in the campaign, the Men-in-Blue won the tournament after 12 years, having last won in 2013.

It was India’s second ICC title under Rohit’s captaincy, as they also won the T20 World Cup in 2024. Following the tournament, Sharma retired from T20I cricket. He also retired from test cricket last year in May, pulling the curtains down on two formats in his career.

He is now only active in the 50-over format and looks forward to playing in the Cricket World Cup 2027. Moreover, he has been replaced by Shubman Gill as the new captain in tests and ODIs.

Similarly, India Women had a dream come true moment as they won ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 by crushing South Africa in the final to win the title. Harmanpreet Kaur led India Women to their first-ever ICC trophy to script history.

She also became the first woman cricketer and fourth overall Indian captain to win an ICC trophy. Kaur continues to lead India Women across three formats and is looking forward to leading the team in ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026, scheduled to be played in June and July in England.

Rohit Sharma and Harmanpreet Kaur to be conferred with Padma Shri award

For their brilliant contributions to Indian cricket, Rohit and Kaur are going to be conferred with the Padma Shri awards this year in the field of sports. The Padma Shri is India’s fourth-highest civilian award after the Bharat Ratna, Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan.

The award is given to citizens in recognition of their vital contribution to the country in different fields. Following his retirement from international cricket, Ashwin was given the award last year.

Notably, a total of 42 cricketers have been awarded Padma Shri by the Indian Government in the past

Full list of Indian cricketers 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. Rohit Sharma – 2026
• 42. Harmanpreet Kaur -2026

For more updates, follow Khel Now Cricket on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube; download the Khel Now Android App or IOS App and join our community on Whatsapp & Telegram.