Career
He was a right-handed batsman who played for Assam. He was born in Gauhati. Having represented the Under-22s team between 1980 and 1985, Chetia made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1987-1988 season, against Orissa.
From the upper-middle order, Chetia scored a single run in the first innings in which he batted, and, when switched to the lower order for the second innings, he scored a duck.