The Indian men's table tennis team assured themselves of a bronze medal at the Asian Table Tennis Championships in Doha on Wednesday. They beat Iran 3-1 in the quarter-finals.The medal at the Asian Table Tennis Championships will be etched in history as it will be India's first-ever medal in the prestigious championship. The Indian men's table tennis team made it to the Championship division from the First Division after a stellar showing in the championship last year.The Indian men's table tennis team made the most of China's absence from the championship and managed to get a direct entry into the eight-team main draw.Read: Asian Table Tennis Championships: Indian women's team enter finals, will face KazakhstanThe Indian men's table tennis team, led by veteran Achanta Sharath Kamal, started on a stellar note as they managed to put it past Iran 3-1 in style.Sharath, who opened the first match of the rubber, downed Nima Alamiyan 11-9, 6-11, 11-9, 11-5 to put India 1-0 up.Though the world No. 33 began well, he dropped the next before picking up steam to roll past Alamiyan. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Table Tennis Federation (@tabletennisfederationofindia)In the next match, India's second-best table tennis player Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, ranked 38 in the world, beat Noshad Alamiyan 11-7, 11-6, 6-11, 11-6.Indian table tennis team gets a scareHowever, in the next rubber, the Indian men's table tennis team got a scare. Harmeet Desai couldn't get going and lost the match to Amir Hossein Hodaei 8-11, 7-11, 11-8, 14-12, 7-11.The fiercely-fought rubber saw fortunes fluctuating from one extreme to another but the Iranian held the whip to reduce the margin. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sharath Kamal OLY (@sharathkamal)However, in his reverse singles, India's best table tennis player Sharath sealed the fate of Iran. He beat Noshad 11-8, 11-8, 8-11, 11-9 to ensure India their first medal at the Asian Table Tennis Championship.The Indian men's table tennis team will take on the winners of the South Korea-Hong Kong match in the semi-final on Friday.Also Read: "They need to sort out their issues," says Sathiyan's coach S. Raman on Manika Batra's fixing saga