chennai paddy upton shares a special equation with india from working with the indian team as a mental conditioning coach from 2008 till the triumphant 2011 world cup campaign to being associated with the rajasthan royals for several seasons paddy has seen it all the current coach of royals spoke to toi on how royals are shaping up for ipl12 how a mentallysound virat kohli stays ahead of the pack and more excerptshow have you seen the role of coaches evolve in t20 cricketunlike other formats in the game in t20s you have a very short span of time to accomplish what you have to coaching in t20s is a lot about man management and figuring out how to get the best out of the players and maintain a positive environment where everyone feels wanted and is provided a platform for them to perform to their potential how have you seen your own growth from being a mental conditioning coach to donning the head coachs rolemy first role as head coach with rajasthan royals was in 2013 my evolution has really come from the experience and the opportunity of managing different individuals from different cultures and countries the real challenge in this format is when things arent going well it is very easy to coach in this format when the team is doing well i have learnt a lot from my failures than i have from my successes whats your assessment of the rr squad ahead of the seasonits a wellbalanced unit and i see a lot of potential among the young indian players rajasthan royals have always been in the forefront of producing quality indian cricketers over the years this year too we have an exciting bunch of domestic talent and they add depth to our squad how do you look at the aspect of managing the workload of wcbound players we are making sure that each of our players both indian and overseas are fresh not only for the business end of the competition but also for the big tournament that starts from the end of may we certainly will manage players workload in such a way that they will be fresh and at their fittest best ahead of the world cup how do you view rahanes role in the royals unit do you feel rahane must be part of the indian team for the world cuprahane has always been a street smart cricketer who has provided strong starts for us the best aspect about rahanes batting is the flexibility he brings to the table you can play him at the top or put him in the middleorder and he will get you those quick runs and do so by playing riskfree cricket he is such an assethow do you plan to make use of steve smiths servicessteve smith is a cricketer who always makes an amazing onfield contribution he gives players the confidence and we value his ability to score runs and the knowledge he