Prolific opener Rohit Sharma has dismissed India legend Sunil Gavaskar's bold call to trial pink balls in a bid to curb the bat's dominance of one-day international cricket.
Gavaskar described the white ball as a "nothing doing ball" in the wake of Australia's five-wicket opening ODI win in Perth on Tuesday in which 620 runs were amassed and just eight wickets fell.
More big scores are expected on a "flat" Gabba wicket in Friday's second ODI.
Former Indian opener Gavaskar - one of just 11 players to have scored more than 10,000 Test runs - believed pink balls may end the ODI carnage for long suffering bowlers.
"The white ball does nothing for bowlers. I actually call it a 'nothing doing ball'," Gavaskar told The Indian Express newspaper.
"What could be interesting is that with the success of the pink ball it may (be) used in limited-overs cricket to even the balance between bat and ball.
"It needs to be experimented at domestic level.
"Maybe the IPL can have a few matches where they can experiment with the pink ball in the initial stages and see how it goes."
Sharma - who thrashed an unbeaten 171 for India in Perth - did not believe the white ball was the problem.
The damaging Indian opener said the introduction of new balls at each end in ODIs from 2011 was enough to keep batsmen honest.
"I don't agree that the white ball doesn't do anything," he said.
"It's a nightmare for the batsmen when you play with the two new balls and conditions are against batters.
"When it's overcast the ball tends to swing a lot and there does tend to be seam movement."
Australian allrounder James Faulkner admitted the historic day-night Adelaide Test against New Zealand was good to watch because it provided plenty of assistance for bowlers.
However, he said the behaviour of pink balls depended on the venue.
"I have only played the one pink ball game and that was a four-dayer in Tasmania where conditions were a lot different to the Adelaide Test match where it moved around," he said.
"In Tasmania it didn't move at all and (the ball) got quite rough - I am probably not one to ask."
