England's Bazball against India's spin will fascinating: Hussain

Former England captain Nasser Hussain said that the tour of India will pose then next biggest challenge to "Bazball", a term which has come to be associated with England's aggressive style of play under coach Brendon McCullum and skipper Ben Stokes.

"(Spinner) Jack Leach will (hopefully) be back and Rehan Ahmed is a very good second spinner, as we saw in Pakistan," Hussain said.

"(Pacer) Josh Tongue has bowled really well. (Pacer) Ollie Robinson is a very skilful bowler. Unfortunately, someone like Olly Stone is injured and obviously Jofra Archer is injured.

"You need that extra pace as well in India. So England have got...they've got that lad (Gus) Atkinson at Surrey, who has a lot of good things being said about him. So England have options. It's (India) the next test for Bazball. They said Bazball will work against one side, then they moved on to the next side.

"Then they moved on to New Zealand, Australia, Pakistan. The next challenge is India and everyone knows India in India is one of the sternest challenges in Test match cricket."

Hussain indicated he was keen to know how "Bazball" will work against the likes of India's ace spinners like Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel.

"It's Bazball against spin. Bazball against Ravi Ashwin, Jadeja and Axar Patel and that is going to be fascinating."

Ben Stokes' England stood by their 'BazBall' approach even after going 0-2 down to Australia in the Ashes series, on Monday.

When England skipper Ben Stokes was asked if BazBall can work against in India, he was straightforward with his response.

"I remember when we beat New Zealand 3-0, (the chatter) was we couldn't do it against South Africa, (we) couldn't do it against Pakistan, (we) couldn't do it against Australia. So who knows if we can do it against India, only time will tell," Stokes said after the 5th Test at The Oval in London.