In 2027, the US capital will be home to an Indian heritage museum and a cricket stadium. A group of Indian Americans is working on the plans to build the first museum where Americans can walk through India’s history and heritage. It is also an Indian American named Sanjay Govil, who came forward to build a cricket stadium in the DMV area. Last year, he was among the businessmen who had shown interest in buying Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), one of the most valuable franchises in Indian Premier League. Now in 2026, he is back in the headlines on receiving approval to build a permanent cricket stadium.
Billionaire Sanjay Govil’s Cricket Stadium: Location and Capacity
The cricket stadium for Sanjay Govil’s Washington Freedom Major League Cricket team is coming up in Frederick, Maryland. The Frederick City Council approved the rezoning of 24 acres at the Gateway Property, a 30-mile drive northwest of Washington D.C. The Maryland cricket stadium will have 10,000-seating capacity, a five-pitch cricket square, and a multi-purpose community space. It is not just a milestone for him. Rather, a new home for the DMV area’s growing cricket community.
Who is Indian American Sanjay Govil?
Sanjay Govil is a tech entrepreneur, cricket investor, and billionaire with a net worth of around $2 billion. He is the founder, CEO, and chairman of Infinite Computer Solutions and the owner of MLC franchise Washington Freedom. In 2025, Sanjay Govil’s net worth was reported at more than $1.91 billion (₹16,200 crore), according to media reports. Though he was born in Montreal, Canada, he spent his childhood in India before moving to the United States.
Sanjay grew up on the IIT Delhi campus, where his father, Dr. Narendra Kumar Govil, was a mathematics professor. He studied at the renowned Mount St. Mary’s School in Delhi. His father also has an impressive academic legacy. Dr. Narendra Govil earned his Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Montreal, where Sanjay was born, before returning to India and becoming a professor at IIT Delhi. In 1983, he joined Auburn University in Alabama and eventually became Professor Emeritus in its Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
Sanjay Govil’s India to USA journey
After moving to Alabama, Sanjay completed high school at Auburn High School and enrolled at Auburn University. He studied electrical engineering and completed his undergraduate degree in three years. He later earned a master’s degree from Syracuse University and pursued graduate studies at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
His ‘American Dream’ career began in the technology industry. He worked at IBM and Verizon before taking the biggest risk of his life. In 2001, he moved to the Washington DC metro area with his wife, Vidya Govil, and founded Infinite Computer Solutions with about $1,000 in savings, like many Indian American billionaires. Headquartered in Rockville, Maryland, the company grew into a global technology behemoth providing AI-first healthcare, financial, and telecommunication solutions.
Sanjay later expanded into healthcare technology by founding Zyter, a digital health solution provider cum enterprise SaaS platform. Zyter evolved and expanded through significant acquisitions in 2021 when the COVID-19 pandemic was its peak. Infinite Computer Solutions, with two offshore offices in India (Bengaluru and Hyderabad), was valued at about $1.8 billion and employed thousands of people, according to Forbes’ 2019 reports.
Professional cricket became his next big investment. Tech entrepreneur Sanjay Govil is known to Indians in Maryland, USA for his profound interest in the business of cricket. He bought Washington Freedom cricket team and became a founding investor in USA’s Major League Cricket. The team won its first MLC championship in 2024. In 2025, Sanjay expanded his cricket portfolio to England by acquiring a 50% stake in Welsh Fire, the England and Wales franchise in The Hundred.
For Sanjay Govil, the Maryland stadium is more than another sports investment. He knows what it is like to grow up with cricket and then move to a country where the game has limited visibility. He is looking to create a stronger cricket ecosystem in the DMV region, with a permanent cricket stadium for Washington Freedom as well as the cricket community that can host professional matches, youth sports, and other events.
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