He loved batting in India. If we talk about ODIs, he scored 6 total hundreds in India, the second highest by a foreign batsman. But his exploits weren't just limited to his batting. His bowling also was of extreme importance. 
In the time frame of Jan 2000-Jan 2005, Gayle claimed 92 wickets with the ball, at an average of 27.63.
His bowling average in this time frame, was better than the likes of Harbhajan Singh (29.46), Daniel Vettori (32.25), Shane Warne (29.96).

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