<p>Pakistan batsman Shan Masood was taken for scans on Friday after being hit on the head during a practice session ahead of the team's first match at the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/cricket/new-zealand-can-never-be-written-off-in-t20-world-cup-brendon-mccullum-1154959.html" target="_blank">Twenty20 World Cup </a>in Australia.</p>.<p>Pakistan will begin their campaign against arch-rivals India in Melbourne on Sunday.</p>.<p>The team got the injury scare as it prepared for the game, when a stray shot from Mohammad Nawaz struck Masood on the head and left him lying flat on the ground.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/cricket/rishabh-pant-gets-goosebumps-playing-pakistan-1155500.html" target="_blank">Rishabh Pant gets 'goosebumps' playing Pakistan</a></strong></p>.<p>"He passed the tests taken by our physio. He has gone to the hospital for scans and we pray that he stays fully fit," vice-captain Shadab Khan told reporters.</p>.<p>The 33-year-old Masood is regarded as a technically sound top-order batsman and has hit two half-centuries for Pakistan in 12 T20s since his debut in September.</p>.<p>Images posted on social media showed Pakistan players and team staff surrounding Masood, and a distraught Nawaz sitting on his knees.</p>.<p>The Babar Azam-led Pakistan beat India in last year's T20 World Cup, where they reached the semi-finals.</p>
<p>Pakistan batsman Shan Masood was taken for scans on Friday after being hit on the head during a practice session ahead of the team's first match at the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/cricket/new-zealand-can-never-be-written-off-in-t20-world-cup-brendon-mccullum-1154959.html" target="_blank">Twenty20 World Cup </a>in Australia.</p>.<p>Pakistan will begin their campaign against arch-rivals India in Melbourne on Sunday.</p>.<p>The team got the injury scare as it prepared for the game, when a stray shot from Mohammad Nawaz struck Masood on the head and left him lying flat on the ground.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/cricket/rishabh-pant-gets-goosebumps-playing-pakistan-1155500.html" target="_blank">Rishabh Pant gets 'goosebumps' playing Pakistan</a></strong></p>.<p>"He passed the tests taken by our physio. He has gone to the hospital for scans and we pray that he stays fully fit," vice-captain Shadab Khan told reporters.</p>.<p>The 33-year-old Masood is regarded as a technically sound top-order batsman and has hit two half-centuries for Pakistan in 12 T20s since his debut in September.</p>.<p>Images posted on social media showed Pakistan players and team staff surrounding Masood, and a distraught Nawaz sitting on his knees.</p>.<p>The Babar Azam-led Pakistan beat India in last year's T20 World Cup, where they reached the semi-finals.</p>