His beard may be greying with dandruff and the worries of captaincy, but the Pakistan captain is always ready to speak to the media these days, armed with a vocabulary that is second to all and a warmth of heart that endears him to his nation.
Our CricketVoice correspondent caught up with him before the 2nd day's play at Kandy:
DD: Morning, Inzy. Crunch match of the series and all to play for.
Inzy: Bismillah ur rahman ur rahim, first of all, thanks to God. Yeayyz boyz is playing well, iz need to bowl Lanka a out fast and iz bat good today.
DD: Good luck to you and your team. I would like to ask you about Bob Woolmer. He has been reported to the ICC for interfering with pitch preparation and inserting a metal pole into the pitch. Your thoughts?
Inzy: Yeahahah iz a good Bob iz coach. He'z see the pitch and say to mee iz pitch iz dead, iz need a ...sp...spa...spark of life for iz make result. Im tell him yeayyz iz no electric city in Kandy in hotel, iz a need to give a shock to pitch. I'm iz tell him iz a thunder storm, iz put a metal iz a good iz give lightning and electric city on pitch.
DD: Strange tactics. But this is against the ICC code of conduct and he will be severely reprimanded.
Inzy: Yeayy iz a ok. I iz there to give a coach if Bob iz a punish, but pitch iz need result, so iz need to give electric city.
DD: So how do you reckon electricity will help your team?
Inzy: Yeahehehe iz a spicial tayctic iz a learn in house. My son I am tell him iz put metal spoon in iz electric socket to make for hairs like iz Andruw Symond and yeayay iz a electric iz go through him and iz burn a carpet. Iz my son he iz pitch ball on carpet and iz a big spin! Iz a use same tayctic here
DD: (shocked) Is your son alright?
Inzy: Yeaayyyz iz a ok. Iz a get a shock anyway every week in mental hospital so iz get a shock iz not a problem. Iz use a electric city for a shock at home iz mean a not a need for go to hospital all the time. Iz costing many money...
DD: But what was wrong with your son?
Inzy (angry because the journalist has brought up a sore topic): Yeeeaaaayy iz my son iz stupid. Iz a tell me "Papa, im iz not a like your baytting, iz a like Tendulkar batting". Im tell him "beta, you stupid. Iz I'm Inzy iz a great baytter. Iz your mental iz a not good. Im iz take you to iz hospital" Then iz go to hospital and iz tell doctor iz problem. Doctor iz tell me my son iz a stupid, iz need mental shock for treatment.
DD: Alright, then. Lovely city this Kandy isn't it?
Inzy: Yeayy iz good place for iz come visit. Iz first of all thanks to PIA for iz transport. I'm iz only come because Shahryar Khan iz guarantee I'm iz captain, otherwise I'm iz not a play. But one thing, Shahryar he iz a trick a me. He iz tell me here iz a get free candy. Im iz a come here and wut eees theees? I go to shop and iz take candy, and iz a ask for a pay money! I'm iz not have money, iz a son he iz use a money for electric shock. Iz not a good, not in a spirit of cricket, iz very angry for Shahryar.
DD: Surely you didn't buy what Shahryar said?
Inzy (angry): Iz a not a buy from Shahryar! Iz make me iz a pay for Biryani and iz give for free to whole team. Im iz tell him my son iz a need money for a mental shock, but iz not a give me food iz free! Shahryar iz not good, iz not a play cricket and iz Leader of iz PCB.
DD: Is your opinion that only former cricketers should hold such esteemed positions in Cricket Boards?
Inzy: No iz not iz only crikaters. Iz Inzy make iz good CEO, becoz iz make boyz waarrk hard and parform. Iz Shahryar iz not give a money for food and tell a lie for a Candy. When I'm iz retire iz become leader of PCB and tell Shahryar iz clean a toilet. Also, after iz make him a clean toilet, iz not a give him money to food, heheheheheheeh...
DD: Moving on...how is your relationship with Bob Woolmer?
Inzy: Iz not iz in relation iz Bob. Yeayyyz both iz eat lotch (lots) and iz big man, but iz not a relate. Iz Bob iz gora, iz Inzy iz Pakistani. You fool, iz not a can see?
DD: No, I meant how do you two work together as team management?
Inzy: Yeayyzz iz a team play good with Bob. For stay a fit, Bob and me iz eat all foods and team iz not a eat, so iz stay fit. Also, boyz iz learn good English from me and little Urdu from Bob. Iz a good for iz help because if win a man-of-match, iz need to come to p...pre...prestation stage and tell iz thanks to God and boyz waark hard.
DD: So Bob teaches the team Urdu? What about job as coach?
Inzy: Yeayyz Bob iz born in a India, iz a know to speak. So iz coach boyz in speaking, and sometimes iz open laptop computer and iz show us picture of iz Indian filmstar. Iz good because iz then afterward waark hard because Bob iz tell iz boyz iz do a filmstar in the night if iz playz well.
DD (utterly confused): So Bob teaches the boys public speech and promises them filmstars for playing well? That's not much of a coaching set up
Inzy: Yeayyz iz actually iz good coach. I iz do a coach mostly and sometimes Imraan Khan iz a teach little, but boyz iz need a moti wait (motivate). So Bob iz do a good for team. Boyz iz have a naytural taylent so iz not a need for a teach many thing in cirkut, but iz need to give a team spirit and iz work haard.
DD: Well, very interesting talking with you, Inzy. Will be glad to catch up with you after the match.
Inzy: Yeayyz iz thanks to God and PIA and Bob. Also, one thing. Iz next week, iz release my auto-bio....bio...auto-story-of-me. Iz am write with Bob in English. Iz English iz a great language and iz a use and tell many story about iz Pakistan team, iz my eating problem, iz also of match-fixing. Iz Rashid Latif iz liar. Iz a not a write book after iz promise to tell a story of iz match-fix. I iz write and tell.
DD: This is great news! Congrats on the publication of your auto-biography! Could you give us a few details? I'm sure the readers will appreciate it
Inzy: Yeayy iz a 6 page book. My son iz after mental shock iz a do drawings, so I'm iz a put in iz book some picture from him. Also iz tell how match-fix iz happen. Actually, iz not my fault. For me, if iz not a eat, iz not a score run. One day, Salim Malik, he iz come and tell me, iz not a eat today, and iz give $500,000. Im iz tell, but iz a lose match if iz not a eat. But Salim iz tell to me, if iz eat today, iz not a play in match. So match iz a lose.
DD (salivating after hearing all this great news): Well! What else is in your book?
Inzy: Yeayyheheh yeayyzz iz you are iz journalist iz a not a tell. Iz wait for book to iz release. Iz many good a story. Why you are iz a drool? Iz a hungry? I'm also iz hungry. Let us iz go iz buy candy. Maybe shop-man iz give for free today....