By the time you read this, the Cricket Club of India (CCI) will be into its second day of elections. The run-up has been fractious, even by current club election standards, which have hit high-decibel levels since the past few years. In fact, new lows have been reached in almost all clubs of late.

Poisonous leaked emails, bitter contests, pre-election parties at five-star venues are de rigueur. In one instance, cops needed to be summoned to control the acrimony on Election Day. Your friendly neighbourhood club or snooty club-hub, memberships in which put you right up there in the snob stakes, have turned into unrecognisable battlefields.