Eurofighter, Rafale make Indian MMRCA shortlist?

Has India downselected Eurofighter Typhoon and the Dassault Rafale for the $ 10 billion MMRCA fighter aircraft procurement project. Informed sources told defenseworld.net that two of the vendors, Eurofighter and Dassault have been invited to the Indian MoD for further discussions on their commercial bids on April 28. The commercial bids are to expire tomorrow. None of the other four bidding vendors have been invited so far for a discussion on the continuation of their bids, the sources said. Defenseworld.net reached two of the four vendors who confirmed that they have not received any communication on continuing or resubmitting their bids. Does this mean that the two vendors have made the shortlist and the other four- Lockheed Martin F16, Boeing F/A 18, MiG-35 and Saab Gripen IN have been left out? A website reported that the four have failed the technical evaluation of the Indian Air Force (IAF) but this could be independently confirmed. Informed sources said that an official announcement is likely on April 28 or 29 after the final shortlist is announced. If Eurofighter and Dassault have indeed made the shortlist, it means that the two have made passed the technical evaluation of the IAF. Under the Indian system of procurement, the top two qualifying vendors will be invited for commercial negotiations and the one which offers the best terms (lowest price) will be eventually selected. In informal discussions with defenseworld.net earlier, executives of Eurofighter and Dassault were bullish on their bids stating that the performance superiority of the two European fighters had weighted over the other vendors in the flight trials and technical evaluation.