Dear Sukhoi,
I had predicted this over a year ago, in one of your threads about this competition.
India was ALWAYS going to chose a western fighter. So the MiG never had a chance.
However, the US messed up by not bringing in the F-35 to the mix. The Eurofighter is a half generation above the F-16 and the F-18 (athough in fairness all of this is apples and oranges and mixing 1 and 2 engined planes)
The offer of the Eurofighter group to bring India in as a partner (much like the F-35 has multiple partners) is what has swung the deal
Also, it does not hurt that the Eurofighter is a capable plane and better than anything China or Pakistan has in that niche.
You are right-but this is just the technical evaluation part. The government’s decision is likely to be affected by other facts as well-purchase and operating costs, technology transfer and offset programmes and of course political factors.
The US offerings can make the cut on most of the factors barring technology transfers. My wild guess is that the Indian government is unlikely to risk a possible domestic backlash from politicians, strategists and the air force by choosing an American platform when ties with Washington are still at a nascent stage.