West Indies leg-spinner, Mahendra Nagamootoo, may be back in action before the end of the ongoing cricket series against India.

That is the opinion of Dr. Terry Ali, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) doctor who has been supervising the cricketer's treatment in Trinidad since Nagamootoo was injured in a vehicular accident in his native Guyana last Friday.

Dr. Ali said the talented all-rounder, who represented the West Indies in the first Test against India in Guyana, should be ready to play in the One-Day International segment of the series which starts on May 25 in Jamaica.

"Nagamootoo sustained a bruised chest plate and he will suffer pain for some time but it will eventually go. He also has a whiplash in the neck which has been causing him pain.

"He should be able to resume training in three weeks. I would like him to return for specialist attention and monitoring in his physical preparation. He will be ready for the One-Day series," said the doctor in a report on the WICB's website.

He added that the 26-year-old has shown "remarkable improvement" since being flown to the St. Clair Medical Hospital in Trinidad for specialist treatment on the same day as the accident. Nagamootoo was scheduled to be discharged yesterday before returning home later this week.

Well-wishers reported that Nagamootoo was in good spirits despite cuts above his right eye, on his right temple and on his lower lip. West Indies captain, Carl Hooper, and West Indies team-mates, Brian Lara and Mervyn Dillon, all visited before flying to Barbados for the third Test starting tomorrow.