V Kohli becomes the fourth Indian batsman to score five or more centuries against Sri Lanka

V Kohli becomes the fourth Indian batsman to score five or more centuries against Sri Lanka

V Kohli had scored four centuries against Sri Lanka prior to the start of the Delhi test against Sri Lanka. His 156 not out in the Delhi test fetched him his fifth century. He become the fourth Indian batsman to score five or more centuries against Sri Lanka. Others are – SR Tendulkar {09}, M Azharuddin {05} and V Sehwag {05}. The following table lists the centuries scored by these four batsmen. {Stats as of 02.12.17 at the end of the first day of the third test between India and Sri Lanka at Delhi}

SR TENDULKAR
No Runs Pos Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 104* 4 3 v Sri Lanka Col-SSC 27 Jul 1993
2 142 4 1 v Sri Lanka Lucknow 18 Jan 1994
3 143 4 1 v Sri Lanka Col-RPS 02 Aug 1997
4 139 4 2 v Sri Lanka Col-SSC 09 Aug 1997
5 148 5 1 v Sri Lanka Mumbai 03 Dec 1997
6 124* 4 3 v Sri Lanka Col-SSC 24 Feb 1999
7 109 4 1 v Sri Lanka Delhi 10 Dec 2005
8 100* 5 3 v Sri Lanka Ahmedabad 16 Nov 2009
9 203 4 2 v Sri Lanka Col-SSC 26 Jul 2010
M AZARUDDIN
No Runs Pos Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 199 5 2 v Sri Lanka Kanpur 17 Dec 1986
2 108 5 1 v Sri Lanka Bengaluru 26 Jan 1994
3 152 5 2 v Sri Lanka Ahmedabad 08 Feb 1994
4 126 5 1 v Sri Lanka Col-RPS 02 Aug 1997
4 108* 5 4 v Sri Lanka Col-SSC 09 Aug 1997
V SEHWAG
No Runs Pos Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 201* 2 1 v Sri Lanka Galle 31 Jul 2008
2 131 2 1 v Sri Lanka Kanpur 24 Nov 2009
3 293 2 2 v Sri Lanka Mum-BS 02 Dec 2009
4 109 2 2 v Sri Lanka Galle 18 Jul 2010
5 109 2 2 v Sri Lanka Col-PSS 03 Aug 2010
V KOHLI
No Runs Pos Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 103 4 2 v Sri Lanka Galle 12 Aug 2015
2 103* 4 3 v Sri Lanka Galle 26 Jul 2017
3 104* 4 3 v Sri Lanka Kolkata 16 Nov 2017
4 213 4 2 v Sri Lanka Nagpur 24 Nov 2017
5 156* 4 1 v Sri Lanka Delhi 02 Dec 2017
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