Lucknow, March 26 -- Dealing with a problem of plenty is a challenge Bharat Arun, the former India bowling coach, is looking forward to at Lucknow Super Giants (LSG). He has one of the best fast bowling unit in the IPL which begins on Saturday. The former India pacer, 63, speaks about the season ahead in this interview to HT. Excerpts: One thing is for sure: I have a much better role than I had in KKR. Also, we have more than half-a-dozen really talented Indian fast bowlers. Any of them can play for the country. To be able to guide this talent to achieve its potential is a big challenge. I love challenges. That is the biggest challenge for any coach. You can only begin coaching once you build trust. I feel my strength is that I quickly connect with people. Everyone is different; every player is different; their mindset, their dreams are all different. So, how soon I understand their mindset helps me connect better. Once the connection is made, you can bring a lot more to the table for a player to achieve his potential. I know most of them are coming back from injuries, and that's why we had a pre-season about a month before we assembled here in Lucknow. That was to assess where they were at that point in time. Managing a fast bowling workload is not only my job, it involves three of us: the physiotherapist, the strength-and-conditioning expert and me. All of us together understand the requirements of a bowler, his physical state and his condition. Then, we assign programmes to them. Mayank has not bowled for nearly two years now. For somebody who can bowl 150kmph plus going through a series of injuries and being out of the game for that long is not easy. He cannot straightaway be looking to bowl 150-plus; that comes with confidence. Even right now he's bowling with very good rhythm and close to 140 which I feel is a very healthy pace. If he can work more on his execution, pace will come as he gains more confidence. Shami and I share a special bond. We were together in the Indian team for seven years; I knew Shami even before that and that has only strengthened our bond. Well I wouldn't look at this only as a two-month period; it is a relationship which I take into much later after the IPL. Yes, of course, IPL is a very important tournament for us but most of these bowlers will be with us throughout the year....