Harry Kane bai yi jinkiri ba wajen barin sawansa a Gasar Duniya 2026, inda ya zura kwallaye biyu a nasarar Ingila 4-2 akan Croatia — bambancin da ke tsakanin farawa wannan da debut dinsa a gasar shekaru hudu da suka wuce ba zai iya zama mafi fice ba.

A Gasar Duniya ta 2022 a Qatar, Kane ya yi mintuna 269 a wasanni hudu kafin ya samu har kirgin harbi guda ɗaya zuwa ƙofar. Ya bayyana yana gajiya tun farkon gasar, kuma da yawa sun ji yana buƙatar hutawa bayan wasannin farko biyu na Ingila. A wannan karon, ya buɗe asusunsa bayan mintuna 12 kawai sannan ya ƙara wata ɗaya kafin ƙarshen wasan.

Ɗan wasa daban a ƙarƙashin Tuchel

Yawancin ci gaban Kane ya fito daga yadda Thomas Tuchel ya tsara Ingila a kusa da kyaftinansu — yana koyi da tsarin da ake amfani da shi a Bayern Munich, inda Tuchel ya taɓa koyar da Kane. Lokacin da Kane ya sauko ƙasa don gina wasan, mutane kamar Noni Madueke, Jude Bellingham, da Anthony Gordon suna tashi cikin sararin da aka bar a baya, suna barin masu tsaron gida ba tare da lokaci don natsuwa ba.

A tsare-tsaren da suka gabata, motsin Kane waje da filin hukunci ya haifar da matsaloli ga ƙungiyarsa da kanta — yana ja da ciyar da shi ta kashin ciye mai tsaro shi kuma yana barin Ingila ba tare da wata manufa a gaba ba. An warware wannan matsalar yanzu, kuma sakamakon na gaggawa ne.

Kane kuma ya zo gasar a cikin kyakkyawar yanayin jiki fiye da 2022 ko Euro 2024. Ya shiga gasar bayan kakar aiki mai ban mamaki ta kwallaye 61 ga Bayern Munich — adadi wanda ya wuce rikodinsa na kansa na baya da fiye da kwallaye 20. Tsananin kuzari da kwarin gwiwa da ke zuwa daga irin wannan sifar yana bayyane a kowace taɓawa.

Ƙarfin tunani a ƙarƙashin fitila

Kwallayensa biyu akan Croatia basu zo ba tare da wasan kwaikwayo ba. Na farkon ya fito daga fanariti da aka sake bugawa — gwajin juyayi wanda 'yan wasan kaɗan ke iya sarrafa shi sosai. Tashi zuwa wuri na biyu bayan an yi buri na farko an kange shi, kuma sanya ƙwallon a kusurwar guda ɗaya daidai, alama ce ta ƙarfin tunanin da ba ta yau ba.

Kwallo ta biyu taɗin ciki mai kyau ne, da wani turawa daidai daga Declan Rice ya shirya ta. Tsaron Croatia bai kai wani matsayi ba, amma Kane ya karanta layin ƙwallon nan take kuma ya kammala da daidaito na hankali.

Karo na ƙarshe da Kane ya yi jiran sa kafin ya yi tasiri a Gasar Duniya, nasarar ta zo da ƙarfi: lokacin da ya ƙarshe ya yi kirgin harbi zuwa ƙofar akan Senegal a zagaye na 16 a Qatar, ya zura kwallo. Wannan tashin hankalin da ya bambaɗa yanzu ya iso daga farkon wasanki na farko.

Idanu a kan Takalmin Zinare

A shekara ta 2018 a Russia, Kane ya zura kwallaye biyar a wasannin farko biyu na Ingila a hanyarsa zuwa cin Takalmin Zinare da kuma taimaka wa Ingila kai ga rabin ƙarshe. Da sauran wasannin Ƙungiya L akan Ghana da Panama — bayan fuskantar abokin hamayya mafi wahala a ƙungiyarsu a Croatia — idanunsa za su haskaka da yuwuwar da ke gaba.

Kane yana ɗaya daga cikin 'yan wasa uku kawai a gasar da suke sanya alama ta musamman na Takalmin Zinare a hannunsu, tare da Kylian Mbappe na France da James Rodriguez na Colombia. Mbappe, Lionel Messi, da Erling Haaland duk za su yi ƙoƙari sosai a tseren mai yawan kwallaye, kuma kowanne daga cikin ƙungiyoyinsu an gina shi don samun mafi kyau daga gare su ma.

Ingila za ta buƙaci Kane a mafi kyawun halinsa mara tausayi idan suna son tafiya mai nisa a gasar — kuma yanzu haka, dukkan alamu sun nuna yana shirye don cika wannan aiki.

Dangane da nazarin Alan Shearer, yana magana da Chris Bevan na BBC Sport.