The Indian team led by captain Rahul Dravid stride on to the middle during the ceremony.
All the teams paraded with a child, intended to highlight the united stand for children and against the deadly AIDS epidemic.
India will enter the competition in a confident frame of mind, having beaten the Netherlands and the West Indies convincingly in their warm-up matches.
India play their first Group B match against Bangladesh in Trinidad on March 17.
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