The feisty off-spinner has got under the skin of opposition players many a time at the international level but his slapping of India teammate Sreesanth after the IPL game between Mumbai Indians and Kings XI Punjab in Mohali was a new low.

Harbhajan, nicknamed ‘The Turbanator’, has often landed in trouble for being a bit too aggressive for his own good on several occasions and could find himself in further trouble with BCCI appointing a separate inquiry into the latest misdemeanour.

By his own admission, Harbhajan is not someone who would let only his bowling do the talking when it comes to dealing with opposition and has time and again taken on rival players in verbal spats.

The first of these instances happened during the offie’s maiden international ODI series and the man at the other end was the current Australian skipper Ricky Ponting.

The Indian had a heated exchange with Ponting, who is not known to sit back and listen either, after dismissing him and was slapped with a hefty fine and a reprimand.