Housing estate in Melbourne to have streets named after Kapil, Tendulkar, Kohli

Melbourne, June 15

A new housing estate being developed at the Rockbank suburb of Melbourne will have streets named after Indian cricket greats including Sachin Tendulkar, Kapil Dev and Virat Kohli.

The estate is luring buyers with a “Tendulkar Drive”, “Kohli Crescent” and “Dev Terrace”.

The estate has also named streets after other international cricketers such as “Waugh Street”, “Miandad Street”, “Ambrose Street”, “Sobers Drive”, “Kallis Way”, “Hadlee Street” and “Akram Way”.

The Rockbank suburb, which falls under Melton Council, has been a popular suburb among home buyers from the Indian community.

Street names are usually submitted by developers and approved by the city council if they meet Office of Geographic Names guidelines. There were 60 names submitted to the council for approval including a street named after the great Don Bradman but the the body refused it as there was already a street named after him in Melbourne.

The developers didn’t get Kumar Sangakara, Rahul Dravid, MS Dhoni and a few others. — PTI