Puri, Dec. 9 -- India cricketers, along with coach Gautam Gambhir, visited Shri Jagannath Temple in Odisha's Puri on Tuesday to seek blessings ahead of the first T2OI of the five-match series against South Africa, set to be played on the same day at Cuttack's Barabati Stadium.

The Indian T20I team captain, Suryakumar Yadav, who was with his wife Devisha Shetty and Tilak Varma, were among the cricketers who visited the temple. They entered the temple under tight security arrangements.

Both India and South Africa will lock horns in the T20Is after a riveting Test and ODI series. While the visitors defeated India 2-0 in the Tests, India, riding on the comeback of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, bounced back and beat South Africa 2-1 in the O...