Post the Mumbai Indians win in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and the cliffhanger of a final match, social media has been flooded with WhatsApp videos circulating like satellites in overdrive. These videos are about the winning team's owners celebrating and the trophy being taken to the family deity and then to a temple in south-central Mumbai.

While it is good to thank god for success and such an edge-of-the-seat contest was thrilling for fans, it is also important to see victories in the right perspective. Through the IPL final, the camera was zooming in on spectators, head bowed in fervent prayer. Even the gods must have smiled and said, "Relax, this is only the IPL".