Bhubaneswar, Dec. 28 -- Most of the students cherish the aspiration to crack the civil services examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) which happens to be the toughest examination in India.

The UPSC exam is conducted once a year and lakhs of students appear in it. However, only a few hundred of them manage to succeed. Surprisingly, a former Indian cricketer had managed to clear the toughest examination before making it to the national team.

The surprising package is former explosive batsman Amay Khurasia. The former left-handed batsman, who was born in 1972, belongs to Madhya Pradesh. Khurasia had cleared the UPSC exam before his ODI debut. He is currently posted in the Customs and Central Excise Department....