CHENNAI, India, (Reuters) – India has increased its life insurance cover on its men and women’s cricketers on overseas trips following the attack on the Sri Lanka cricket team bus in Pakistan in March, Indian media reported yesterday.
Each player will now be insured by the Indian board for 25 million rupees ($502,008) on every overseas trip, DNA newspaper reported, apart from the annual cover of one million rupees ($20,080) for this year.
Six Sri Lankan players and a coach were wounded when heavily armed men attacked the team bus heading into the stadium in Lahore during the second test.
($1=49.8 rupees)