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)