Mehta started as a fast bowler before he switched to bowling right-arm off break.
Having started playing cricket at the age of 16 in 1964 for Secunderabad Union Cricket Club,[2] Mehta represented Hyderabad at the first-class level for ten seasons starting from 1967/68.
[1] Mehta and Mumtaz Hussain formed a successful spin pair for Hyderabad in the early 1970s.
[3] In the same season, he played for Rest of India against an Indian XI and took the wickets of Indian Test captain Ajit Wadekar, opener Ashok Mankad and Syed Abid Ali.
At the time he was working as a spin bowling coach for the HCA Academy of Excellence.