Hyderabadi biryani , they say, is to die for. India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni sure believes it is good enough to pick up a fight for.Dhoni on Tuesday moved his entire Chennai Super Kings team out of a Hyderabad five-star after the hotel prevented the squad from consuming some home-cooked biryani sent by Dhoni's one-day team-mate Ambati Rayudu .Dhoni, whose team played Kolkata Knight Riders in the ongoing Champions League T20 on Wednesday, was so enraged by Hotel Grand Kakatiya 's refusal to let them enjoy the biryani, that he made the team management cancel the booking and move the team and support staff to the rival Taj Krishna .Surprisingly, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) officials, who too were booked in the same hotel, followed Dhoni to Taj Krishna.And in a clear sign of Dhoni's clout, BCCI chief N Srinivasan too cancelled his booking at Kakatiya for Wednesday.Hyderabadi biryani is known to blend Mughlai and Telugu cuisines. Its recipe is believed to have been perfected in the kitchens of the Nizam, the rulers of the erstwhile Hyderabad State.While it could not be independently confirmed whether Taj eventually allowed Dhoni and his men their biryani feast, security experts pointed to the risk of moving an entire team to a new hotel in a matter of hours."Grand Kakatiya had 180 rooms booked for teams, support staff, and board officials. The local police had checked the hotel and sanitized it. It must have been a nightmare for them to make fresh security arrangements at Taj," an official of another Champions League team, who did not wish to be identified, said.Though Rayudu was away in Raipur on Tuesday playing for Mumbai Indians, sources said it was upon his request the birayani cooked at his Hyderabad home was sent to the hotel.It is not uncommon for cricketers to get home cooked food from teammates and fans. The practice is especially popular when teams are on long tours abroad.But a team and board officials leaving a hotel and moving to another one after being denied home-cooked food is unheard of. If anything, it speaks of the quality of biryani the Rayudu household cooks.Grand Kakatiya, however, has strict rules against consumption of outside food in the hotel premises. In this case the management was, a source said, willing to relent a bit and let the players partake the biryani in their rooms. But Dhoni was adamant on using the board room. That's when the hotel put its foot down.While the Grand Kakatiya staff confirmed that the Chennai Super Kings abruptly moved out on Tuesday afternoon, they refused to elaborate. "You should ask the Chennai team management what happened and why they vacated," said Suhasini, a member of the hotel's public relations team.The hotel's general manager George Verghese too refused comment on the incident. "We're a five-star deluxe facility and there are five other such hotels in the city. One is free to pick one's place of stay," he said. When specifically asked if outside food was the trigger, Verghese remained non-committal."I am bound by confidentiality agreement with our guests and cannot vouch for your information, although I cannot stop you from writing it."A top BCCI official, who did not wish to be identified, also confirmed the abrupt change of hotel, but refused to dwell further."We don't know if biryani was the cause of the shift. I'm told Dhoni was not happy with the hotel," he said.CSK spokesman Russel Radhakrishnana refused to take any questions on the biryani incident. "If you have information about such incidents you may write so. All I can say is we were not happy with the hotel and we moved out," he said.On Thursday, the Chennai team flew out to Bangalore.