Tendulkar should be back in his cricket gear for the Caribbean

The 32-year-old was ruled out of the seven match one-day series against England after suffering a tear.

But Andrew Wallace, who operated on him, told Test Match Special: "Surgery was fairly straightforward.

"He's made an excellent recovery. I expect he will be back for India some time in the very near future."

India's first one-day international in the West Indies is on 18 May - and the tour goes into July.

Tendulkar was in poor form with the bat in the recent home Tests against England, but Wallace said he had only ever been in discomfort when throwing.

"His batting was not affected and most of the shoulder does not take too much of the force when bowling.

"It's a common injury in baseball pitchers and tennis players - anyone who is doing a lot of overhead throwing.

"The rim of the socket had become a little bit frayed so the ball was sliding out the back of the joint a little bit.

"It opened up a small tear in the labrum. A little bit of fluid was escaping through that tear and created a cyst.

"The main reason for operating was that th cyst was slowly enlarging so we felt it was timely to do it now before we felt there was any danger."