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India stun Asian champions Iran in Youth World Volleyball August 22, 2007 15:23 IST Last Updated: August 22, 2007 16:43 IST
India shocked Asian champions Iran in their second match at the Youth World Volleyball Championship in Mexico. India rallied to an impressive 18-25, 25-17, 25-21, 25-19 victory and will be up against Brazil [Images] in the third and final group encounter that will decide the top-four. After losing the opening set, India raced to a 16-10 lead in the second through Sukhdeep Singh and Balwinder Singh to make it 1-1. India maintained their form in the third set and improved their spiking and blocking but Iran bounced back to lead 11-9. However, India recovered 14-13 and reached the second technical time out with an advantage of 16-14. Iran kept attacking but the effort was not enough as India pocketed the third set as well before captain Mandeep Singh led from the front, top-scoring with 31 points, to guide his team to victory after a 97-minute contest. India had lost to Argentina in their opening match.
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