Indian vice-captain Rahul Dravid, who kept wickets at this year's cricket World Cup, could don the gloves again in a one-day triangular series against Australia and New Zealand next month.

The 30-year-old top-order batsman, who had agreed to take on the responsibility of makeshift keeper only until the World Cup in South Africa, said on Tuesday he was not averse to further duty behind the stumps if the team asked.

"Initially, the wicketkeeping idea was till the World Cup," Dravid told reporters during an Indian team training camp. "But at the end of the day, we'll assess the situation based on whatever decision is taken by the team and the selectors.

"We have a good crop of young keepers and we're hoping one of them steps up to the plate and does the job. But somewhere along the line, if you need to look at another option, you can."

Dravid's main focus for the new season after an eight-month Test layoff for the Indian team, however, will be a two-Test series against New Zealand starting in Ahmedabad on October 8.

"It's almost eight months since we played a Test. I'll have to get back into that frame of mind. This week and the next whole month is really about that," he said.

Dravid hit a purple patch with the bat last year, when he struck five of his 14 Test centuries and amassed 1357 runs at an average of 59.

He scored three straight centuries in England, including a career-best 217 at the Oval, and followed them up with a ton against West Indies to become the fourth player after Everton Weekes, Australian Jack Fingleton and South African Alan Melville to score centuries in four consecutive Test innings.

"It was quite a good year," Dravid said.

"The England tour especially was good for me. We had a bit of an up and down series against West Indies when we won the Tests and lost the one-dayers. We then had a tough time in New Zealand but we picked it up in the World Cup."

The veteran of 69 Tests, in which he has scored 5614 runs at 53.46, also had a successful run with Scotland in the domestic English one-day league in the last couple of months.

"Scotland was a good experience, very different from playing regular country cricket. It was good to be part of something which was new and unique for Scotland and there's a bit of the buzz happening around the place because they're debutants."

Dravid scored 600 runs in 11 matches at 66.66, easily outclassing the other Indians involved in the English domestic championships Mohammad Kaif, Yuvraj Singh and Virender Sehwag.