'The Wall? Who me?,' asks Dravid

He has been christened 'The Wall' for his steady batting but senior Indian batsman Rahul Dravid says he is indifferent to the tag that has stuck to him over the years.

"I am indifferent to it. I never even think about it. I don't think of myself as a wall," the 38-year-old batsman, who has 15 years of international cricket under his belt, said.

A regular feature in the Indian Test team, Dravid said the competition for places in the side has increased manifold with talented youngsters stepping in.

"There is a good crop of young Indian batsmen coming through, players who have been doing well in one-day cricket but are yet to prove themselves in Tests.

"There is a good competition for places. We have got two or three senior players who probably won't be around forever. So it's going to be an exciting time for a lot of kids trying to cement their places," Dravid told 'Wisden Cricketer' magazine's latest edition.

Talking about the future of Test cricket, which according to some former players is battling for survival in the face of the Twenty20 storm, Dravid said the situation is not as catastrophic as it is made out to be.

"It's not as worrying as some people make it out to be. Twenty20 has come in and it has brought a challenge but I still feel that people want to play Test cricket but Twenty20 has become very successful," he reasoned