With an average of a lowly 12.5 in the last 10 innings, where there hasn't been a single 25-plus score, India Test opener KL Rahul has been in the line of fire and has received scathing criticism from all around. After a series of low scores his place in the playing XI has been in question but former India opener Gautam Gambhir feels that Rahul should be backed as every player goes through a lean patch.