Dear Blacklight,
Let me tell you a story about Su-30MKI once upon a time PAF was worried then came the RED FLAG-08, Indian Bought SU-30MKI they took part and left. French were there as well. french absorbed enough static and PAF bought/purchased that static in 2008. since then SU-30MKI was dead duck.
Now..PAF correctly deduced that IAF will go for Rafale, so work started in 2016. well before actually IAF finalized Rafale, by 2017 we had enough just like the SU-30MKI in 2008. work completed and processed in 2017 and results will show in Block 3 (Specifically designed to take apart a Rafale)
Interestingly, IAF and Govt. of India knew about the Rafale but not about the Su-30MKI since we got static from French (Oh the Irony!). That is why they deemed 2 x Su-30MKI on CAP and 2 x SU-30MKI as bouncer were enough in morning of 27th Feb 19.
I still believe that the greater victory was of JF17 Vs Mirage 2000 Mk2 that was the greatest surprise then SU-30MKIs getting hit. the way Mirage 2000 Mk 2 were made impotent..one day books will be written on it.