Stokes: I've brought Morgan's mentality to Test team

Ben Stokes says his early success as England Test captain has been aided by the "ethos and mentality" that former limited-overs captain Eoin Morgan brought to his side.

After leading England to a 3-0 series win over New Zealand last month in his first series after replacing Joe Root as Test skipper, Stokes oversaw the completion of a thrilling win over India on Tuesday that saw the series, which began last summer, finish 2-2.

Stokes' appointment, which came along with Brendan McCullum's hiring as Test head coach, was made with England having won just one of their last 17 games.

Morgan, who stepped down from his position as both ODI and T20 captain last month, was appointed in similar circumstances in 2014, before going on to lead England to 50-over World Cup glory in 2019, having also guided the T20 team to the 2016 World Cup final.

Asked if there are echoes in his approach of England's limited-overs transformation under Morgan, Stokes told Sky Sports: "Definitely. Baz (McCullum) and Eoin are really, really good mates.

"I spent a lot of time under Eoin's captaincy and I've taken a lot of what his messaging and how he wanted the team in one-day cricket to go forward and I've brought his mentality and his ethos around cricket into this Test environment and everybody's responded so well to it.

"It's not just me and Baz, you've got to get that response from everybody else and everybody's just flown into it head on, and it's been a great five weeks."

England's more aggressive approach under Stokes and McCullum has resulted in a remarkable series of victories, which has seen them chase down fourth innings targets of 277, 299, 296 and 378.

Stokes believes that England's new style is striking fear into opponents, and this was