Melbourne, Mar 3 Trouble seems to be chasing Harbhajan Singh with the feisty off-spinner alleged to have made monkey gestures towards the crowd during India's victory in the first cricket tri-series final today.

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 in the one-day series in India last year.

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

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 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. (Agencies)