The Padma Shri award ceremony was held at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 25 May. Earlier this year, former Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma was nominated for the Padma Shri award; However, when Rohit did not attend the ceremony on May 25, many questions started being raised. Why was the recipient of the country’s fourth highest civilian honor – not even present to accept it? Also, let us know when he is going to receive this prestigious award. Indian women’s cricket team captain Harmanpreet Kaur also received the Padma Shri award. Now the question is why Rohit did not come to collect his award? Actually, the reason for this is his cricket schedule and his commitments related to the 2026 IPL season. In the 2026 IPL, Rohit Sharma played for Mumbai Indians.
**When will Rohit be honored?**
It is worth noting that the Honorable President does not confer the Padma Shri award on the same day to all the recipients. Instead, nominated players are given specific dates for the ceremony based on their individual schedules. Rohit Sharma was initially made part of the first batch of recipients; However, due to his busy schedule during the 2026 IPL, he has been included in the later batch. The next batch of Padma Shri awardees will be honored later this year, and Rohit Sharma is expected to be present at the ceremony to receive his Padma Shri medal and citation. However, the exact date for honoring this latter batch of recipients has not been announced yet.
**Rohit Sharma’s performance in IPL 2026**
During the 2026 IPL season, Rohit Sharma missed several matches due to injury. In the entire season, he played 9 matches and scored 283 runs. During this, he also scored two half-centuries with his bat. Rohit’s team, Mumbai Indians, failed to qualify for the playoffs. In fact, Mumbai was one of the first teams to be eliminated from the playoff race.