SoftBank declined to comment, while Oyo said the news on the valuation cut was speculative and incorrect.

"We are confident that the above speculations about valuation markdown is patently incorrect ... we have not decided the exact timing for the IPO and the IPO valuation is also highly speculative," an OYO spokesperson said in a statement.

(Reporting by Rama Venkat in Bengaluru; Editing by Vinay Dwivedi)