Cricketers who got padma shree awards?

Answer 1

Padma Vibhushan

Sachin Tendulkar (2008)

Padma Bhushan

CK Nayadu (1956)

Maharajah of Vizianagram (Vizzy) -1958

Vinoo Mankad (1973)

Sunil Gavaskar (1980)

Raja Bhalendra Singh (1983). He, in all likelihood, got it for his services as President of the Indian Olympic Association and member of the International Olympic Committee for 45 years.)

DB Deodhar (1991)

Kapil Dev (1991)

Lala Amarnath (1991)

Chandu Borde (2002)

Padma Shri

Jasu Patel (1960)

Vijay Hazare (1960)

Nari Contractor (1962)

Polly Umrigar (1962)

Mushtaq Ali (1963)

MJ Gopalan (1964)

D.B Deodhar (1965)

MAK Pataudi (1967)

Chandu Borde (1969)

Bishan Singh Bedi (1970)

EAS Prasanna (1970)

GR Viswanath (1971)

Ajit Wadekar (1972)

BS Chandrasekhar (1972)

Farokh Engineer (1973)

Pankaj Roy (1975)

Kapil Dev (1982)

Syed Kirmani (1982)

Chuni Goswami - 1984. He was honoured for his role as one ofIndia’s top footballer than a first-class cricketer forBengal.

Dilip Vengsarkar (1987)

Mohammad Azharuddin (1988)

Sachin Tendulkar (1999)

Srinivas Venkatraghavan (2003)

Rahul Dravid (2004)

Sourav Ganguly (2004)

Anil Kumble (2005)

Harbhajan Singh (2009)

Mahendra Singh Dhoni (2009)

Ramakant Achrekar (2010)

Virender Sehwag (2010)

Ref:http://m.cricketcountry.com/cricket-articles/full-article/Bharat-Ratna-for-Sachin-There-are-worthies-who-havent-got-Padma-Shri/10753

VVS Laxman (2011)

Answer 2

Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly