Dhaka, Sept. 20 -- Ten days ago it was Dubai. Today it was Japan. Same opponent, same result.

Bangladesh's women lost to India in the Asian Games cricket semi-final on Sunday, going down by 114 runs after being bowled out for 81 while chasing India's 195 for 4.

It is the same story that played out at the Women's Asia Cup on September 10, just with a bigger margin this time.

The loss ends Bangladesh's shot at gold. Nigar Sultana's side will instead play Pakistan for bronze on Tuesday.

Shafali Verma was the difference again. She made 64 off 40 balls in the Asia Cup meeting to set up India's total there; this time she went past that entirely, finishing 100 not out off 49 balls as India posted 196 for 4 in their 20 overs - more than half ...