President of India Draupadi Murmu has honored former Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma with the Padma Shri award. Rohit Sharma received the country’s fourth highest civilian honor at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Tuesday, June 23. Rohit was supposed to receive this honor in May this year, but due to cricket related reasons the former Indian captain could not reach Rashtrapati Bhavan.

This is also a special day for Rohit Sharma because on 23 June 2007, he played his first international match in the ODI match against Ireland. 19 years later, on the same date, President Draupadi Murmu honored him with Padma Shri.

A highly prestigious honor for a great of the game

President of India, Smt Drupadi Murmuji @rashtrapatibhvn confers former #TeamIndia captain Rohit Sharma @ImRo45 with the Padma Shri award
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— BCCI (@BCCI) June 23, 2026

Many famous personalities including Prime Minister Narendra Modi were present in the felicitation ceremony. Rohit Sharma came wearing a black suit and folded hands in front of the President before receiving the award. Rohit Sharma is not the only cricketer who has been honored with Padma Shri in 2026. Earlier in May, Indian women’s cricket team captain Harmanpreet Kaur had received the honor of Padma Shri. Under the captaincy of Harmanpreet, Team India won the 2025 ODI World Cup title.

50 centuries, 20173 runs and 653 sixes

Rohit Sharma has achieved many achievements in his historic career. Wearing the jersey of Team India, he has played 510 matches so far in international cricket. In this 19 year long journey, he has scored 20173 runs and has scored 50 centuries in all three formats together. He has hit 653 sixes in international cricket, which is the highest in the world.

Rohit Sharma is the only cricketer in the world to score double century thrice in the history of ODI cricket. Has retired from T20 and Test cricket, but is still active in ODI cricket.

Former Indian captain Rohit Sharma, famous as Hitman in world cricket. ‘Became emotional after receiving ‘Padma Shri’. The video of his statement is becoming increasingly viral on social media. Rohit Sharma says that he will continue trying to win trophies for the country. Let us tell you that Rohit has retired from Test and T20 International, but he is playing in ODI. The 2027 ODI World Cup is to be held next year and Rohit’s dream is to win this World Cup.

Describing being honored with ‘Padma Shri’ as a special moment, Rohit Sharma has thanked all those people who supported him in his cricket career. In a video shared by Doordarshan Sports on social media platform

Rohit Sharma’s journey was like this

Rohit Sharma was born on April 30, 1987 in Nagpur, Maharashtra. Rohit Sharma has been the former captain of the Indian cricket team and his nickname is ‘Hitman’, which came because of his powerful style of hitting fours and sixes.

Rohit Sharma made his international debut on June 23, 2007 in the ODI match against Ireland. Played his first International T20 match on September 19, 2007 and made his debut in Test cricket in 2013. Rohit Sharma, who has been playing international cricket for the last 18 years, has retired from T20 and Test formats.

After winning the final of T20 World Cup 2024 on June 29, Rohit Sharma retired from this format. Rohit Sharma scored 4231 runs in his T20 career of 159 matches. Rohit has also scored 5 centuries and 32 half-centuries in T20. Rohit Sharma has scored 4301 runs in test cricket. He has 12 centuries and 18 half-centuries to his name in the Test format. He retired from Test cricket on 7 May 2025.

Name of Rohit Sharma 4 ICC There are trophies, 2 of which came as captain. He was a part of the 2007 T20 World Cup winning Indian team. After that Rohit also won the 2013 Champions Trophy. As captain, Rohit Sharma has won the 2024 T20 World Cup and 2025 Champions Trophy.

Rohit Sharma is still active in ODI cricket. of 279 matches ODI Rohit has scored 11,516 runs in his career. He has 33 centuries and 61 half-centuries to his name in ODIs.