Chennai: A confident Indian men's volleyball team, having won the Test series 2-1 against Tunisian national Team, started its campaign against the much highly rated Iran squad with a brilliant 3-2 win on Sunday in the first Test.

Without much rest and practice after reaching Tehran, the Indians got into business going for the attack straight away. However, the team went down narrowly to lose the first set 24-26, according to a release by the Volleyball Federation of India.

They grouped together well in the second set with setter Kapil Dev organising tactical boosts, which were well utilised by Amir Singh and Joby Joseph to win the second set at 25-17.

Amir singh played the key role till he was injured after colliding with Raghuveer Singh in the fourth set.

Despite losing the third set, again narrowly in extra points (25-27), the Indian players excelled in the fourth. They rose to a lead of 10-7 and then capitalised on it before winning at 25-18.

In the decider too, India held on to their 9-5 lead before clinching the fifth set and the match at 15-11.

PTI