Trouble seems to be chasing Harbhajan Singh [Images] with the feisty off-spinner alleged to have made monkey gestures towards the crowd at the Sydney Cricket Ground during India's victory in the first tri-series final on Sunday.

Local media reported that Harbhajan apparently motioned as if to scratch his armpits with both hands in the same manner fans did to taunt Andrew Symonds [Images] in the one-day series in India last year.

The Sydney Morning Herald claimed to have a picture of Harbhajan making the gesture.

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However, India's team manager Bimal Soni, denied Harbhajan made the monkey gestures.

"The crowd was harassing him, he has not done anything," he told the paper.

Under the ICC's [Images] code of conduct, if Harbhajan is accused of making a racist gesture, he would be charged under section 3.3 -- the same provision under which he was cited during January's controversial Sydney Test.

A spectator said Harbhajan also spat towards the Sydney Cricket Ground crowd after they called him "a wanker".

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"He definitely made the monkey gestures and he spat towards us. It was a bit disgraceful really, especially after what happened here in the Test match [the allegation of racist slur by Harbhajan towards Andrew Symonds]. Craig Woodbury, a spectator in the Bill O'Reilly stand, told the newspaper.

"There are a lot of young people sitting here and it was inappropriate. He is a role model to a lot of people. If he wants respect he has to treat others with respect. He is always going to cop it from the crowd but he is a professional sportsman and he has got to expect that."

The alleged incident occurred about 10 minutes after Harbhajan dismissed opener Matthew Hayden [Images], who called him an "obnoxious little weed" on radio last week.