Quiz! Playing XIs for each team's first men's Test match in the 21st century

At the time of writing, twelve teams have men's Test status. At the turn of the century though, things were slightly different – only nine teams did, with Bangladesh coming into the fold in 2000.

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The last two teams so far, Afghanistan and Ireland, played their first Test matches in 2018, against India and Pakistan respectively. Every other team in the world played at least one Test in the year 2000. The year (and century) kicked off with two Tests on the same day, January 2; Australia v India at Sydney and South Africa v England at Cape Town.

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Here, you are provided with each team, and the opposition in their first Test of this century. Your task is simple – name the playing XI. For all 12 Test teams (the ICC World XI is not included here), that comes up to 132 names. As a result, you have 20 minutes' time. How many can you get?

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Can you name every team's first men's Test XI in the 21st century?

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