With paltry scores of 2, 44 at the Adelaide Test and 2, 0 at Perth, Indian Team opener KL Rahul hasn't had a dream run with the bat in Australia.

Rahul, who missed the third Test at the MCG owing to his poor form, made his comeback in the playing XI for the fourth and final Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Thursday, replacing Rohit Sharma, who's back home to be with his just-born girl and wife Ritika Sajdeh.

Opening the innings for India on Day 1 of the fourth Test, Rahul appeared out of colour once again and after facing only six deliveries, he made his way back to the pavilion after edging Josh Hazlewood and Shaun Marsh, stationed in the slips, completing an easy catch.

Rahul, who has already faced flak for his efforts with the bat in the series, was subjected to social media trolling once again.

At least for 35 minutes KL Rahul was the highest run getter in 2019.

Nice little achievement!!! #AUSvIND

— Piyush Shahi (@Piyushkshahi) January 3, 2019

*wakes up with 5: 45 am on the clock, worried about so many things - toss, 4 or 5 bowlers, kuldeep or umesh.... But the first thing sees on cricbuzz scorecard is single digit score against Kl rahul name*#AUSvIND #INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/svyX1XQbKK

— Nitesh Khandelwal (@k_nitzz23) January 3, 2019

Just woke up at 5:00 in India to see KL Rahul out in 9 minutes.#wellplayed #what_a_batsman#AUSvIND #INDvAUS

— Nilanshu Varshney (@nilanshuvarshne) January 2, 2019

It seems like I woke up at 5 am just to watch K L Rahul play his farewell match! #AUSvIND

— Kaushik (@GUYnecologist) January 2, 2019

Woke up @ 5 in this freezing cold weather. Only to see KL Rahul fail yet again. Why India why? Umesh Yadav as an opener makes more sense to me.#AUSvIND #SydneyTest #Rahul

— The Engineer Bro (@theengineerbroo) January 3, 2019

Still A Better Opener Than KL Rahul #INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/4kSxDFq0wJ

— Buzz In The Town (@Buzzinthetown) January 3, 2019

My Maggi isn't even done yet. water still boiling :(

— Debmalya Sinha (@_deb_null) January 2, 2019

KL Rahul trying to come back to form pic.twitter.com/tJEYA2AgRB

— Sonam Thakur ℅FB (@IamThakurSonam) January 3, 2019

India won the Toss, elected to bat first. As usual KL Rahul at his best. Gone after scoring 9 off 6 balls. Why was he brought back into the team? #INDvAUS #AUSvIND

— Sir Jadeja (@SirJadeja) January 2, 2019

So true. #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/Q57uLmEfph

— Wasim Sheikh (@iamwasimsheikh) January 2, 2019

Woke up and looked at the score. It was India batting at 5/0. KL Rahul and Mayank had opened for India as expected with Jadeja and Kuldeep both in the team. By the time I could switch on the TV, Rahul is already back in the pavilion. He's going for good now. #INDvAUS #SydneyTest

— Three Eyed Raven (@TopAngleViews) January 2, 2019

I woke up at 5am just to watch KL Rahul Get out #Legend #INDvAUS

— jay dalal (@jaydalal11) January 3, 2019

Virat Kohli: What was the need to bat at a strike rate of 150 and lose your wicket?
KL Rahul: pic.twitter.com/FDQmR9dScD

— Sir Jadeja (@SirJadeja) January 3, 2019

When KL Rahul gets out on a duck, the pitch is pretty tough for the bastmen.
When he scores more than 5 it’s a batting pitch.

— डी.के. (@itsdhruvism) January 3, 2019

Watch the KL Rahul dismissal here.

Oh what a start for the Aussies! The seam position on this from Josh Hazlewood #AUSvIND | @toyota_aus pic.twitter.com/0j237UD9i9

— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 2, 2019

As it turns out, undeterred by recent failures, Rahul was spotted at the nets just hours after his dismissal.

KL Rahul spotted in the nets hours after his dismissal. Is it this overanalysing and over-stressing that is affecting his batting? #AusvInd @cricbuzz pic.twitter.com/t7EB5tRvRE

— Bharat Sundaresan (@beastieboy07) January 3, 2019

And some fans backed the player.

As A Cricketer I wonder what situation he's been going through @klrahul11 Head Up Champ. We are still with you

— Upansh Srivastava (@PopSugarBone) January 3, 2019

I think he knows the second innings could be the last chance for a long long time for him.

— Abhinav Singla (@Abhinav1098) January 3, 2019

Despite the early breakthrough, Mayank Agarwal and Cheteshwar Pujara steadied India's ship and put up a score of 116 runs together. At the time of writing this, India is looking solid at 197/3 in 61 overs.

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