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